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INDEX OP SECTIONS. 



SEC. 

 25L 

 252. 



253- 

 254- 

 255. 

 2 5 6. 



257- 

 258. 



260. 



261. 

 262. 



263. 



264. 



265. 

 266. 



268! 



269. 

 270. 

 271. 

 272. 



273- 

 274. 

 275. 



276. 



277. 

 278. 



279- 



280. 

 281. 

 282. 







& 



287. 

 288. 

 289. 



290. 

 291. 

 292. 



293. 

 294. 



PAGE. SEC. 



Concentration 327 



Chlorination 32 



Quicksilver 32 



330 299, 



Sulphur 33 2 



Borax 33 2 



Hydraulic Cement 332 



Coal 333 



GEOLOGY CHAP. X. 



Plutonic and Secondary. 334 



Tertiary 334 



Volcanic 335 



Extinct Volcanoes 336 



Gold-bearing Rocks 336 



Placers 337 



Dead Rivers 338 



Dead Blue River 338 



Fineness of Gold 341 



Silver 342 



Quicksilver 342 



Platina 342 



Other Metals 343 



Limestone 343 



Coal 343 



Asphaltum 344 



Miscellaneous Minerals . . 345 



Water 347 



Artesian Wells 347 



Palaeontology 349 



Post-Pliocene Man 350 



BOTANY CHAP. XI. 



Fauna and Flora 353 



Big Tree. 354 



Redwood 355 



Pines 356 



Firs 



Cedar and Cyprus. . . 



Nutmeg 361 



Laurel 361 



Madrona 361 



Manzanita 362 



Oaks. 362 



Sycamore, etc 364 



Poison Oak 365 



Various Plants 367 



Nutritious Herbage 368 



Flowers 370 343. 



2 9 6. 

 2 97 . 

 298. 



300. 

 301. 

 3 02. 

 303- 



34- 

 305- 

 306. 



307- 

 308. 



39- 

 310. 



3"- 

 312. 



316. 

 7. 



318. 

 319- 

 320. 

 321. 

 322. 

 323- 

 324. 



& 



329- 

 33- 

 33'- 



359 332- 



360 333- 

 334- 

 335- 



337- 

 338. 

 339- 

 340. 



342. 



PA.GB. 



Desert Vegetation 372 



Swamp Vegetation 373 



Marine Vegetation 373 



Alpine Vegetation 373 



ZOOLOGY CHAP. XEL 



General List 375 



Bears 375 



Felines 378 



Canines 379 



Badgers, etc 381 



Squirrels 382 



Spermophiles 384 



Gophers 386 



Rats 387 



Deer 387 



Hare 390 



Sea-Lions , 391 



Otter, etc 392 



Vultures 394 



Eagles 396 



Owls 396 



Roadrunners 397 



Woodpeckers 398 



Humming-Birds 399 



Fly-Catchers 400 



Singers 400 



Scratchers 401 



Waders 404 



Swimmers 405 



Fishes 407 



Salmon 407 



Halibut 409 



Turbot 409 



Sole 409 



Mackerel 410 



Rock-Fish 410 



Sturgeon 410 



Jew-Fish 41 1 



Sun-Fish 41 1 



Green-Fish 411 



Sea-Bass 412 



Sheepshead 412 



Smelt 412 



Anchovy 412 



Sardine and Herring .... 413 



Viviparous Fishes 413 



Flying-Fish 413 



Fresh-Water Fishes 414 



Reptiles 414 



