The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-06-06


the famous Bay of Naples say that it can
not compare in beauty TO Todas Santos oy
moonlight. as viewed from this lofty pal
cony-thougn there is some resenoiaho
between the TWO, taking the DARK peak o.
Punta Bunda for Mount Vesuvius. "A
glow marks the graceful
curye Of every wave as they chase each
other up the beach, and every passing YES
sci leaves behind long phosphorescent
trail like a comet.
Winter and summer, it is the same IN
this nerfect c,imate-never hot, never COLO
Laqies in light dresses, with uncovered
heads. promenade the veranda every even
ing in the year, where fiirtatlons, guitar
playing, and the usual anuselhellt U.s. u
Wateripg-place society, go on out OF DOORS
unhindered by changing weather; WINE
inside, winter and summer alike, a Greer,
full fire of mahogany logs cracks anu
snarlles on pair OF fat 2ndlrons "lIllh
the tiled fire-p place of the spacious reception
room.
Enseuada is only one Of the three ciues
projected on Todas Santos-the oCheiS
being Punta Bunda. at the foot OF the pay
las Fnsenada IS at the head of it,, and San
Carlos. midway between them. At the lat
ter place it is proposed to establish
THE GovERyMENT DRY DOCKS,
and 4 university which with its campus
and buildings will occupy III extensive
tract. No less than ninety-tour mics OF
streets have been LAID out on the site OF
San Carlos. and $1,000 trees set out, WnlIe
ain the adjacent country has been appcf-
toned into small farms, Of six and one
quarter. twelve and one-half, twenty-five
and fifty acres.
San Carlos is six miles from Ensenada,
and the best way to get there is by DRIVING
along the sandy beach, which at low Toe IS
over two hundred feet wide. The horse, 5
| feet fall noiseiessly upon the smooth sand,
while the wheels crunch over washed-up
sea ferns, shells and star-tish. On the lana
side, low banks close by, shining white as
snow in the sun, are covered with pink sea
flowers, and struggling vines-pale green,
olive. bronze. yellow, crimson, cOlOrs that
would never do to be put into picture, as
all beholderS would say they We're I'M
natural. Snipe, burdened with the longest
! bills such little creatures ever carried, fol
! low each other sedately, Indian fle; and
Young gulls rush out in line, Ike htte
| soldiers, to meet the incoming surf, as leg
ularly retreating. The ocean, plhpg up It's
pillows within a few yards Of us, vets our
wheels with angry spray, yet Is held II
check by an invisible Power, that has SAID
s'Thus far shalt thou 90 and no farther"
! One NAV 90 TO Punta Bunda in the same
way, since the beach drive IS seventeen
miles long: but the better way is to stean
across the bay by the yacht Alice. GC
down the long pier of Ensen2da, about one
third of mile, descend a perpendicular
FLIGHT OF MOVABLE STAIRS
to little boat dancing below, row cut &c
the Alice and climb up over the ropes o.
that little craft, regardless Of the color O.
your hosiery The trip occupies abou
80, nd .Ly1p
is a part of the programme. Gulls scream
overhead and strange sea- birds hover neal
as if in curiosity. Enormous punches o
lfelp trail along the water. Somebody L
sure TO sight whale sporting in the dis
lance: and pOrpOlseS. each large as IeXa
boar play leap-frog close to the boat
Punta Bunda is designed to be the Sar
atOga of Baja California, on account OF 1t
hot salt springs, which are said to be o
great medicinal value. Colonel Oliver, tn
gallant ex-COnfederate who IS at presen
the only citizen Of the embryo metropolis
lives with his pleasant family III bl'
= house-a typical southern home, iron
which the most generous hospitality is dis
pansed. | saw this delightful place first Il
February, and shall never forget how IN
vitirg the large, cool rooms looked, Wlt
open doors and blooming window-gaIdens
the verandas hung with immense turtl
SIlGllS. uS6Nl biAo4ASe'' -4tA'-N "
ferns and institutions. ! dare not tell 20
the size to which turtles grow sometime
hereabouts, for nobody would believe me
but may mcdestly mention that shells nv
: feet across are very common.
THE WONDERFUL SPRING,
bubbling up close by, is enclosed by a la
: tice-work of whales ribs interlaced. Th
water is not enough to cook eggs, and tn
overflow forms a steaming rivulet The
! capture fish here, by simply pennlng Jhei
in at high tide so that they cannot escap
when the water recedes and may cate
: them ready cooked, if in the neigh5orhoo
; of the spring.
Life at Punta Bunda consists largely
, fishing, hunting, camping and craboln!
Colonel Oliver tries to farm 1t, y but BEN
" an amateur at the business, his potatot
y cost him several dollars more per BUSH
i than the price in market. But so sWet
= and pure is the air here, and so soft the SUI
{ shine. that simply to be alive is perpetui
!, joy. r.. -,
5 crime may heaven forgive me! Everybod
/, knows the beautiful shell, in such demar
u for buttons. ornaments, etc, but few kno
Il that the creatures that tenant them a
4 edible. They grow on all the rocks her
L abouts, clinging withthe grip OF grim deaf
y The JnOdltS Operdndi of reducing them 10 {
epicureau mJrcean is to tear them of, poul
TO a ieIIy on a stone, and fry quickly in h
hntter FANNIE B. WARD.