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Fig. 47 A view of the northwest side of Santa Barbara Island from a point 

 near the summit. Colonies of California sea lions and an occasional sea 

 elephant inhabit the rocky inlets, while beds of kelp extend for a mile 

 or more off shore. Chart 29, p. 384. (Photographs, figs. 47, 52-55, L. A. 

 Museum — Channel Islands Biol. Survey.) 



Fig. 48 North end of Santa Barbara Island as viewed from the southeast. 

 (Photographs, figs. 48, 50, 51, by Marian B. Hollenbach.) 



Fig. 49 Landing at Santa Barbara Island, California. Stores for a biological 

 survey party of the Los Angeles Museum are being hoisted by means of 

 a temporary scaffolding. Pedestrians take a steep and narrow trail to 

 the summit. 



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Fig. 50 Dutch Harbor, San Nicolas Island, as seen from the east. Chart 30, p. 385. 



Fig. 51 Surf breaking on the mile-long spit at the east end of San Nicolas 

 Island. Here two currents meet, and the spray may be clearly seen for 

 many miles on either side of the island. Chart 30, p. 385. 



Fig. 52 Looking toward the south end of San Nicolas Island from a point near the 

 center of the island. The effects of overgrazing and consequent erosion 

 are clearly seen in the picture. 



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Fig. 53 View of Pyramid Cove, San Clemente Island, showing the surf through 

 which the members of the biological survey party of the Los Angeles 

 Museum were landed from the Velero III. Chart 31, p. 385. 



Fig. 54 The south side of San Clemente Island, California, looking northwest 

 from China Point. 



Fig. 55 China Point, the extreme southeast end of San Clemente Island, Cali- 

 fornia, showing the effect of wave action on a level plateau. 



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Fig. 56 The southeast end of Santa Catalina Island, from Pebble Beach to 

 Seal Rocks, has been much blasted to obtain a granitic rock used for 

 building breakwaters. The slope of the island, naturally abrupt at this 

 point, has been greatly steepened by these operations. Evidence that 

 Santa Catalina Island is not rising is found in the absence of elevated 

 beaches and former shore lines. Charts 27, 28, pp. 382, 383. 



Fig. 57 The Velero III as she appeared at what was perhaps her most fre- 

 quented anchorage, at White Cove, south of Long Point, Santa Catalina 

 Island. The wharf, outbuildings, and reservoir were used in connection 

 with the operations of an old mine. 



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 Fig. 58 Point San Vicente light as seen from a few hundred yards off shore. 



The precipitous bluff exposes Tertiary sediments. The Palos Verdes 



hills represent an uplifted Channel Island, several former shore lines 



being clearly visible. Chart 25, p. 380. 

 Fig. 59 Rocky beach at Point Fermin, California, showing coarse rock shingle 



and wave- worn sections of uplifted Tertiary deposits. (Photograph by 



C. McLean Fraser.) 



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 Fig. 60 Shore line south of Corona del Mar, California, showing the numerous 



reefs on which collecting was accomplished, as well as outlying sea 



stacks and arches. (Photograph by C. McLean Fraser.) 

 Fig. 61 Beach south of Corona del Mar, California, a favorite collecting ground 



for marine zoologists. Chart 26, p. 381. (Photograph by C. McLean 



Fraser.) 



