IITDEX OF SEOTIOI^S. 



Chorogeaphy — Ceap. I. 



Sec. 



1. 



2. 

 3. 

 4. 

 5. 

 6. 

 7. 

 8. 

 9. 

 10. 



11. 

 12. 

 13. 



14. 

 15. 



16. 

 17. 

 18. 

 19. 



General Eemarks 



Coast Mountains 



Coasts Peaks, and Passes 



Coast Rivers 



Coast Lakes 



Capes 



Islands 



Bays and Harbors 7 



iSaeramento Basin 10 



Rivers of the Sacramento 



Basin 12 



Tule Land 13 



Sierra Nevada 13 



Peaks and Passes of the 



Sierra .' 1^ 



Lakes of tlie Sierra 15 



Plateau of the Sierra Ne- 

 vada 15 



Klamath Basin 16 



UtahBasm 16 



Colorado Desert 17 



Area of the State 18 



Geology— Chap. III. 



Sec. Page 



34. General Geological Charac- 



ter 47 



35. Diluvium 48 



36. Gold 50 



37. Auriferous Lodes 51 



38. Placers 52 



39. Mineralogy of Gold 54 



40. Silver 60 



4L Platinum 01 



42. Quicksilver 61 



43. Copper 62 



44. Coal....; 63 



45. Asphaltum 63 



46. Other Minerals 65 



47. Artesian Wells 67 



48. Paleontology 69 



49. Relics of Early Humanity. 70 



50. Mineral Springs 70 



51. Cortes Shoal *?! 



Scenery— Chap. IY. 



Climate — Chap. II. 



20. General Remarks 19 



21. Temperature of the Middle 



Coast 20 



22. Clear Days 25 



23. The Sirocco 25 



24. Temperature of the South- 



ern Coast 27 



25. Sacramento Basin 27 



26. Comparative Tables 28 



27. Rain 30 



28. Dryness of Climate 38 



29. Length of Days 39 



30. Thunderstorms 39 



3L Hail 4:0 



32. Earthquakes 40 



33. Sand-Storms 45 



52. Introductory 



53. Coast Yalleys 



54. Yosemite Yalley 



55. Mammoth Tree Groves. 



56. Geysers 



57. Mud Yolcanoes 



58. Santa Cruz Ruins 



59. Mirage 



60. Caves 



61. Waterfalls 



62. Solfataras ■ 



63. Mount Shasta 



Botany— Chap. Y. 



64. Peculiar Fauna and Flora. 



65. Distribution of Plants 



66. Superiority of Conifers 



67. Redwood 



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