138 THE TOURIST'S CALIFORNIA reached by taking the Southern Pacific to Dan- ville, where there are hotels and livery stables. A 10-mile drive up a new road through oak groves and remarkable rock scenery is rewarded by a view which, in bright weather, extends from Shasta in the north to Whitney in the south, from the Farallone Islands to the Sierra wall. In Pine Canyon or near the top there is excellent camp- ing-ground. A few miles further toward Stockton is Byron Springs, to whose " Mission " hotel the ailing and the holiday-maker resort. Here are seven cura- tive springs and an environment which compen- sates even those who must have recourse to them. Local steamer excursions from San Francisco have already been mentioned under this heading in Chapter I. The reader is referred to a pamph- let, " Trips by Train, Trolley, Boat and Motor," given to those who apply at the Chamber of Com- merce, Merchants Exchange Building, or at the California Development Board rooms in the San Francisco Ferry Building. This bulletin gives a multitude of details concerning neighbourhood tours, both conducted and independent. Vallejo and Mare Island. En route to Vallejo, the steamers of the Monti- cello Line hold their course past the island where
