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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  CALIFORNIA 
  

  

  Donations 
  to 
  Museum 
  : 
  Shells 
  from 
  near 
  Anaheim, 
  from 
  A. 
  W. 
  

   Chase, 
  U. 
  S. 
  Coast 
  Survey. 
  Reptiles, 
  several 
  species, 
  from 
  Inyo 
  

   county, 
  by 
  H. 
  G. 
  Hanks 
  ; 
  Borate 
  of 
  Lime, 
  from 
  the 
  Lone 
  Ranch 
  

   Borate 
  Mining 
  Company. 
  

  

  Mrs. 
  E, 
  S. 
  Carr, 
  in 
  behalf 
  of 
  Mr. 
  John 
  Muir, 
  read 
  a 
  paper 
  on 
  

   " 
  Explorations 
  in 
  the 
  Great 
  Tuolumne 
  Canon." 
  [This 
  paper 
  was 
  

   not 
  submitted 
  for 
  publication, 
  but 
  was 
  subsequently 
  published 
  in 
  

   the 
  Overland 
  Monthly.'] 
  

  

  Regular 
  Meeting, 
  June 
  16th, 
  1873. 
  

   Mr. 
  Stearns 
  in 
  the 
  Chair. 
  

  

  Twenty-one 
  members 
  present. 
  

  

  George 
  W. 
  Lewis, 
  Cutler 
  McAllister, 
  John 
  R. 
  Jarboe 
  and 
  Aga- 
  

   pius 
  Honcharenko 
  were 
  elected 
  resident 
  members, 
  and 
  "\Y. 
  C. 
  Ral- 
  

   ston 
  life 
  member. 
  

  

  Donations 
  to 
  the 
  Museum 
  : 
  Specimens 
  of 
  Grorgonia 
  from 
  Cer- 
  

   ros 
  Island, 
  and 
  skull 
  of 
  a 
  fish, 
  presented 
  by 
  Capt. 
  J. 
  A. 
  Wilson, 
  

   of 
  San 
  Pedro. 
  SkuU 
  'of 
  mountain 
  sheep, 
  (^Ovis 
  montana, 
  Cuv.) 
  

   from 
  E. 
  Wasserman. 
  Two 
  specimens 
  of 
  Crustaceans, 
  from 
  San 
  Fran- 
  

   cisco 
  Bay, 
  presented 
  by 
  Henry 
  Chapman. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  A. 
  W. 
  Chase 
  read 
  the 
  following 
  on 
  the 
  artesian 
  wells 
  of 
  

   Los 
  Angeles 
  County 
  : 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  Artesian 
  Wells 
  of 
  Los 
  Angeles 
  County. 
  

  

  BY 
  A. 
  W. 
  CHASE. 
  

  

  The 
  subject 
  of 
  water 
  in 
  sufficient 
  quantity 
  to 
  irrigate 
  land 
  for 
  the 
  purposes 
  

   of 
  cuUivation 
  of 
  the 
  cereals 
  on 
  an 
  extended 
  scale, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  fruit 
  trees 
  and 
  

   vines, 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  great 
  importance 
  to 
  the 
  inhabitants 
  of 
  that 
  portion 
  of 
  Califor- 
  

   nia 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  semi-tropical. 
  The 
  uncertain 
  quantity 
  of 
  the 
  rainfall 
  and 
  

   the 
  recurrence 
  of 
  droughts 
  every 
  few 
  years, 
  renders 
  any 
  extended 
  cultivation 
  of 
  

   the 
  soil 
  impossible 
  without 
  recourse 
  to 
  artificial 
  means 
  of 
  procuring 
  and 
  stor- 
  

   ing 
  water. 
  

  

  The 
  plains 
  of 
  Los 
  Angeles 
  county, 
  which 
  form 
  the 
  most 
  considerable 
  portion 
  

  

  