Publications of the United .States Government. 37 



UNITED STATES COAST SURVEY. 



Report of- 1855. Observations on the physical geography and 

 geology of the coast of California from Bodega Bay to 

 San Diego ; by W. P. Blake, pp. 376-398. 4 plates. 

 Part 2. Geology of the principal bays and ports from 

 Point Reyes to San Diego: 



1. Punta de los Reyes. The end of the point composed of granite ; 

 form of the point ; Tertiary strata ; etc. 



2. San Francisco. Golden Gate ; character of tlie sliores ; rocks 

 forming the points of the peninsula of San Francisco ; sandstone 

 strata uplifted; quarries ;' probable age; metamorphosed rock; 

 erupted rocks and serpentine alluvial deposits ; sand dunes ; etc. 



3. Monterej'. Point Pinos ; Cypress Point ; San Carlos ; Point 

 Pinos of granite ; Tertiary strata ; fossils and infusoria ; rocks of 

 Cypress Point ; granite and conglomerate ; rock formation of San 

 Carlos Bay ; Point Lobos. 



4. San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara. Recent Tertiary strata; 

 mountains, probably of sandstone ; resemblance to volcanic rocks. 



5. San Pedro and vicinity. Absence of mountain ridges ; banks 

 of Tertiary strata ; sandstone with sun-cracks ; disturbance of the 

 strata ; fossils ; bitumen. 



6. San- Diego. Tertiary strata forming rounded hills; Tertiary 

 strata of the slope ; fossils ; trappean rock. 



7. Islands near the coast. Probably composed of sandstone and 

 shale ; flexures of the strata of Santa Catalina ; etc. 



Notice of earthquake waves, etc.; by A. D. Bache. Idem, p. 

 842; also, in Report of 1862, p.. 238. 



U. S. CENSUS REPORTS. 



Report on the physical and agricultural features of the State of 

 California, with a discussion of the pre'sent and future of 

 cotton production in the State; als^, remarks on cotton 

 culture in New Mexico, Utah, Arizona, and Mexico; by 

 E. W. Hilgard. 10th U. S. Census Report, Vol. VI, part 

 2, 1884. 



A general description of the geology of tlie State is given on page 8. 

 The outlines of the physical geography of the State, pp. 7, 83. 



