Index 



Santa Maria oil district, 85 



Scale insects, 142-143 



Scenic excursions (See Ex- 

 cursions) 



Scripps Institution for Bio- 

 logical Research, 126, PL 

 XVI 



Seattle, excursions in the vi- 

 cinity of, 279; map of, PL 

 XXXI 



Sequoia, 161, 163 



Settlers, agricultural, 225 



Shasta daisy, 187 



Shasta mining region, 69, 

 Fig. 7 



Sierra Club, 251 



Snakes, 111 



Snowfall, 29 



Soda, 242 



Spanish settlements: Mis- 

 sions, 12, 13, 14, Fig. 1; 

 period of, 215, 223; popu- 

 lation of, 216; presidios, 



11, 12; pueblos, 12, Fig. 1; 

 ranches, 12, 13; servitude 

 of California Indians in, 



12, 13, 14; land grants, 12 

 Spaulding Lake Dam, 233, 



PL XXV 



Spineless cactus, 187 



Stanford University, astron- 

 omical observatory of, 

 204; museum of, 210 



Stevenson, Robert Louis, 264 



Storms, 23 



Structural elements of geol- 

 ogy of Pacific Coast, 42, 

 Fig. 5 



Sugar, 243 



Summerland oil district, 885 



Sunshine, 25 



Telescopes, reflecting and 



refracting, 198-200 

 Temperature, 24, 32 

 Temperature of ocean, 134 

 Termites, 145 

 Terraces, 39, 50 

 Tertiary, 46, 47, 48, SO, 80 

 Thunderstorms, 29 

 Tillage, 222 

 Tournaments, 261 

 Transcontinental routes (See 



Excursions) 

 Triassic, 44, 93, 96 

 Trout, 120, PL XV 



Utah, agricultural occupa- 

 tion of, 219; agricultural 

 resources of, 22, 226 



Venice aquarium, 125 

 Vertebrate fauna: amphib- 

 ians, 105, 110; associa- 

 tions, 108; birds, 109, 112, 

 PL XII; desert fauna, 111- 

 112; life zones, 106, PL 

 XLIII; mammals, 109, PL 

 XIV; number of species, 

 105; reptiles, 110, PL XIII; 

 relation of, to topography 

 and climate, 104 

 Vertebrate fossils, 95-103 



Washington, agricultural re- 

 sources of, 221, 226; flora 

 of, 157, 158; forests of, 

 166; geological map of, PL 

 XXXIX; hydro-electric 

 developments of, 235; ir- 

 rigation development in, 

 232; mineral resources of, 

 57; relief map of, PL IV 



Water supply, underground, 

 58 



Weather conditions: Cali- 

 fornia Current, influence 

 of, 20, 124, 133; fog, 27; 

 humidity, 27; hyperbara, 

 22; infrabars, 22; iso- 

 therms, 21, Fig. 3; Japan 

 Current, influence of, 19; 

 ocean currents, influence 

 of, 20, Fig. 2; physio- 

 graphic factors, influence 

 of, 22; water vapor, in- 

 fluence of, 22; pressure, 

 24; rainfall, 28, Fig. 4; of 

 San Francisco, 24-29; 

 snowfalL 29; storms, 23; 

 sunshine, 25; thunder- 

 storms, 29; wind, 26, 138 



Well drlHing, 81 



Wind currents, 137 



Winds, 26, 138 



Yellowstone National Park, 



278 

 Yosemite, birds of, 107; 



plants of. 156; Valley, 248, 



287 

 Yucca, 151, 173, Pis. XX, 



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