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Excerpt from An Isle of Summer, Santa Catalina: Its History, Climate, Sports and Antiquities If the island of Santa Catalina had no special attractions - if it was a barren rock - the fact that it is the only place where the leaping tuna can be caught with rod and reel would make it famous. This sport has attracted the attention of the anglers of two continents, and it is a singular fact that the tuna, now better known than the tarpon, is only caught between Avalon and Long Point, within a radius of four miles. The present volume is not intended as an exhaustive work on the island of Santa Catalina, but rather as suggestive of its many attractions to the angler, the health-seeker and the lover of grand scenery and strange contrasts, winter and summer. Its romantic history, the diversity of its sports, the suggestion of botanists that it is a "Western Atlantis," its interesting flora, the ever-present evidence of ancient occupation in its antiquities, are features that have attracted many to its shores, and if the following pages shall aid the sojourner in his investigations in this Isle of Summer, the object of the writer will have been attained. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
