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Introductory Note vii 



The Approaches to the Pacific Coast .... 1 



Frederick J. Teggart. Associate Professor of 

 Pacific Coast History, University of California. 



Spanish Settlements on the Pacific Coast ... 9 



Charles E. Chapman. Sometime Traveling Fel- 

 low in Pacific Coast History, N. S. G. W., Uni- 

 versity of California. 



Historical Sketch of the Panama Canal . . . . 15 



Rudolph J. Taussig. Secretary, Panama-Pacific 

 International Exposition, San Francisco. 



Weather Conditions on the Pacific Coast ... 19 



Alexander McAdie. Abbott Lawrence Rotch 

 Professor of Meteorology, Harvard University. 



Physiographic Geography 31 



RuLiFF S. Holway. Associate Professor of 

 Physical Geography, University of California. 



Geology of the West Coast Region of the United 



States 41 



C. F. ToLMAN, Jr. Associate Professor of Eco- 

 nomic Geology, Stanford University. 



Earthquakes 62 



J. C. Branner. President, Stanford University. 



Mines and Mining 65 



H. Foster Bain. Editor, Mining and Scientific 

 Press, San Francisco. 



Petroleum Resources and Industries of the Pa- 

 cific Coast 75 



Ralph Arnold. Consulting Geologist and Petro- 

 leum Engineer, Los Angeles. 



Significant Features in the History of Life on 



the Pacific Coast 88 



John C. Merriam. Professor of Palaeontology 

 and Historical Geology, University of California. 



The Vertebrate Fauna of the Pacific Coast . . . 104 



Joseph Grinnell. Director, Museum of Verte- 

 brate Zoology, University of California. 



Fishes of the Pacific Coast 115 



David Starr Jordan. Chancellor, Stanford Uni- 

 versity. 



Marine Biolog>' on the Pacific Coast 124 



Charles Atwood Kofoid. Professor of Zoology, 

 University of California. 



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