IXDEX OF SECTIO^STS. 



Chorography — Chap. I. 



Sec Page 



1. General Remarks 1 



2. Coast Mountains 2 



3. Coast, Peaks, and Passes. . 3 



4. Coast Rivers 5 



5. Coast Lakes 6 



6. Capes 7 



7. Islands 7 



8. Bays and Harbors 7 



9. Sacramento Basin 10 



iU. Rivers of the Sacramento 



Basin 12 



11. TuleLand 13 



12. Sierra Xevada 13 



13. Peaks and Passes of the 



Sierra I'l 



14. Lakes of the Sierra 15 



15. Plateau of the Sierra Ne- 



vada 15 



16. Klamath Basin 16 



17. Utah Basm 16 



18. Colorado Desert IT 



19. Area of the State 18 



Climate — Chap. IL 



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 Chmate 38 



29. Length of Days 39 



30. Thunderstorms 39 



31. HaU 40 



32. Earthquakes 40 



33. Saud-Storms 45 



Geolo&y — 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 



41. Platinum 61 



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 71 



Scenery — Chap. IV. 



52. Introductory 72 



53. Coast VaUeys 72 



54. Tosemite Valley 73 



55. Mammoth Tree Groves. ... 78 



56. Geysers 84 



57. Mud Volcanoes 85 



58. Santa Cruz Ruins 86 



59. Mirage 86 



60. Caves 88 



61. WaterfaUs 88 



62. Solfataras 89 



63. Mount Shasta 89 



Botany — Chap. V. 



64. Peculiar Fauna and Flora. . 91 



65. Distribution of Plants 92 



60. Superioritv of Conifers 92 



67. Redwood." 92 



