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From Gayiota nearly to Point Conception the roclvs dip south, but 



at El Cojo (co'ho, Spanish for cripple) , 11 miles be- 

 Gaviota. yond Gaviota, the shale beds dip north, indicating 



Elevation 92 feet. some complications of structure at the pronounced 



Los Angeles 13o miles. . j - n i • i *< t-w • 



bend m the coast which forms Pomt Conception. 

 The shule extends northwestward from Point Conception to Surf 

 (Lompoc Junction) . 



The wind-swept country near Point Conception is devoted to the 

 raising of cattle and hay. On the point are a lighthouse (PL XXVIII, 



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p. 118) and a life-saving station. From the train 

 Concepcion. j^^ passing from Carpinteria to Concepcion, a dis- 



Eievation 106 feet tancB of 56 miles, beautiful views are obtained of 



Los Angeles 150 miles, -iri -niTii 



the Santa Barbara Islands. The intervening Santa 

 Barbara Channel is shallow and, with the islands, belongs to the con- 

 tinent rather than the ocean. Beyond the islands the depth of water 

 increases very rapidly, and this steep submarine slope, which on 

 land would appear as a large cliff, marks the real boundary between 

 continent and ocean. Tliis slope has probably been formed by 



the continent rose. It runs north and south off Point 



g as 



determine 



coast. 



At milepost 320 the train crosses Jalama (ha-lah'ma) Creek. On 

 the left, near the creek, is the house of an early Spanish settler who 

 harbored the 200 sm-vivors of the Yanlre Blade, wrecked on tliis 

 coast in 1856. The anchor of the Yanlcee Blade may be seen on the 



left (atmilcDOSt SIS'), in tllA fipild. in«f nffoTflla fT-ai'T, «TT.-^r.r,„c f,.^v» a 



nn 



Very good exposures of Moi 

 uddcn. gpgj^ j^g^ Sudden, where cracks 



LX°S'„n„. »™ fil,':'! ^'h hardened asphal 



Theli2*hthouse at Point Aro-nol 



Monterey 



The terrace which the rail- 



road follows- is narrow but well defined, and slopes gently toward the 



foot of the hills. 

 Point At; 



some 



ghcr terrace. Near 

 ' flints) the railroad 



crosses Canada Honda (ca-nyahMa ohn'da) Creek, near the mouth 



new 



ashore in 1911. 



From Point Pedernales, which mai'ks the western extremity 



Mount 



which have drifted from 



near the coast is 



terraces and lower hiU slopes, impelled by the strong winds which 

 continually prevad in this region. The drifting sand sometimes 



