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voir in 1891-92, and donated by him. This specimen is of rare interest, 

 being made from a reddish volcanic rock [volcanic tufa] such as I have not 

 seen in situ anywhere nearer than the bed of the creek below Puddingstone 

 Falls, near San Dimas station on the Santa Fe railroad, 25 miles east of 

 Pasadena. But this kind of rock is said to be found up the San Gabriel 

 canyon. 



One small ovoid paint pulverizer, 2 in. long, i^ in. wide, \yi in. thick — 

 nearly the size and shape of a hen's ^%%. It is of white feldspar, with 

 appearance of being indelibly tinted wdth yellow and red ochres, for the 

 grinding of which it had been used — mayhap in the very dish found by 

 Mr. Cole — to mix face paint. This interesting ovoid was found and donated 

 by Dr. Reid. 



One turtle-shaped mealing stone, worn nearly flat on its grinding face, 

 but with a neat turtle-back upper surface, little worn. It is of bluish 

 syenite, 4% in. long, 3^ in. wide, \yi in. thick. Found and donated by 

 Dr. Reid. 



Fragment of unshaped, unworked white flint, i^ in. long, ^ in. 

 wide, yk in. thick. Some of its fracture edges may have been used as a rude 

 sort of knife, or scarifier. Found by Dr. Reid. [Not true flint.] 



The foregoing lists are sufficient to show the type and character of these 

 relics. Their great antiquity has been questioned, because implements that 

 "look just like them " are found in many places in California, and are even 

 in use by some Indian tribes yet. To this I answer broadly : No stone-age 

 village site has been found elsewhere, buried under conditions which could 

 only be explained by — 



ist. A consideration of the general facts known as to primitive man's 

 existence on the Pacific coast prior to and during the glacial epoch of 

 geology. 



2d. A consideration of the topography and natural conditions of the 

 place where these typical relics were first found, excluded from any admixture 

 of specimens of later date. 



3d. A consideration of the changes of ancient land and water areas, 

 drainage, etc., traceable in this vicinity, which would account for these relics 

 being buried on top of the highest point of land, as found. 



4th. A consideration of the geological and meteorological transitions or 

 changes of climate [and of the fauna and flora of the region] connected with 

 the glacial epoch, which would naturally produce the local changes of land 

 and water areas referred to. 



My conclusions as to the geological period of Pasadena's ancient town- 

 site on Reservoir Hill are based upon a careful study of the above four 

 fundamental considerations, and their natural correlation with each other. 

 The following portions of a letter from Prof. C. F. Holder, dated July 11, 

 1894, present some points of interest and historic value. He says : 



" I have located a number of camp sites, from South Pasadena all along 

 up the Arroyo. There was a site at Johnson's ranch ; one at Mr. Nelms's 

 or below Locke's; another where the shooting club meets; one at the 

 reservoir ; one at lyinda Vista ; again, at the springs nearly opposite ; 

 again, at the mouth of the Arroyo Seco ; and a very large camp at Giddings's 



