MALLERY.] CALIFORNIA TRAIL MARK. 355 
Fig. 468 is a map drawn on a scale of 1,000 yards to the inch, show- 
ing the topography of the immediate vicinity and the relative positions 
of the rocks bearing the paintings. 
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V1G. 468.—Site of paintings in Azuza canyon, California, 
The stream is hemmed in by precipitous mountains, with the excep- 
tion of two points marked ¢c, over which the old Indian trail passed 
in going from the Mojave desert on the north to the San Gabriel valley 
below, this course being the nearest for reaching the mission settle- 
ments at San Gabriel and Los Angeles. In attempting to follow the 
water course the distance would be greatly increased and a rougher 
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Fic. 469.—Sketehes from Azuza canyon, California. 
trail encountered. Fig. 467, painted on the rock marked } on the map, 
shows characters in pale yellow upon a bowlder of almost white granite 
partly obliterated by weathering and annual floods, though still enough 
remains to indicate that the right-hand figure is directing the observer 
to the northeast, although upon taking that course it would be neces- 
sary to round the point a short distance to the west. It may have been 
