Farther to the north is Ysla de los Angeles, Angel Island, with a varied landscape of hill and plain, comprising some 800 acres of land.
Here are natural springs of water, and in the early days it was well wooded with live-oak trees.

To the eyes of Drake and other early navigators and explorers it must have been a vision of beauty, lifting itself out of the waters.

Not many trees are seen here now, however, but you may behold instead in harvest time fields of grain.

It is especially noted for its stone quarries, and out of these were taken the materials for the fortifications of Alcatraz and Fort Point--as well as the California bank building.

It was my privilege at a later day, in company with many of the members of the General Convention to sail over the Bay and around these islands, which one can never forget.