ILLUSTRATIONS. 



PLATES. 



Page. 



Pl.^te I. Relief map of California Frontispiece 



II. A typical irrigation scene — Branch of Fresno Canal 18 



III. Irrigation scenes in California 24 



IV. Agricultural scenes in California 28 



Y. Horticultural scenes in California 28 



VI. Map of California showing area included in the investigations 32 



VII. Map of Susan River 92 



VIII. Map of Yuba River 116 



IX. Irrigation works, Upper Yuba River 124 



X. In the valley of Yuba River 130 



XI. Map of Cache Creek 156 



XII. Section of Drake's relief map showing Clear Lake and Cache Creek district 156 



XIII. Clear Lake and Cache Creek 158 



XIV. Diagram showing precipitation in Clear Lake drainage basin 160 



XV. Views along Moore Ditch 174 



XVI. Irrigation works abandoned as result of litigation 180 



XVII. Pumping plants along Cache Creek 182 



XVIII. Orchard scenes along Cache Creek 188 



XIX. Irrigation scenes along the Salinas River 202 



XX. Irrigation scenes along the Salinas River 202 



XXI. Irrigation scenes along the San Joaquin River 246 



XXII. San Joaquin and Kings River Canal 246 



XXIII. Canal .scenes 246 



XXIV. Map of Kings River 260 



XXV. Scenes on canals along Kings River 282 



XXVI. Scenes on canals along Kings River 292 



XXVII. Cobble and brush dam in Kings River 314 



XXVIII. Map of Sweetwater River 354 



XXIX. Typical scenes in southern California 356 



TEXT FIGURES. 



Fig. 1 . Diagram showing variation in precipitation with altitude 122 



2. Diagram showing depth of snow at Lake Fordyce 123 



3. Diagram showing successive use of the water of Yuba River 127 



4. Unusual types of dams in Yuba River 139 



5. Conventional signs used in illustrating report on Salinas River 208 



6. Outcrop of beds in Salinas Valley 209 



7. Sand and shale beds in oil well 210 



8. Slope in railway cut near Bradley 211 



9. Probable structure of Salinas Valley through Chualar 212 



10. Probable structure of Salinas Valley near Metz 213 



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