ILLUSTRATIONS 



At Two-Bunch Palms; San Gorgonio Mountain in the 



Distance Frontispiece 



A Characteristic Canon-Mouth with its Apron of 



Debris 6 



The Realm of Geology Alone lo 



In Chino Canon i8 



La Reina del Canon 22 



An Indian Olla cached in a Canon-Wall .... 30 

 Seven Palms and San Jacinto Mountain .... 34 

 Desert-Brush: Ocotillos the Main Feature ... 50 



An Oasis Water-Hole 58 



An Indian cutting out the Heart of an Agave for 



Baking 62 



An Emergency Water-Supply 62 



Floral Spring: Abronias amid Mesquits .... 66 

 Seven Palms and San Jacinto Mountain: A Night 



Effect 94 



The Pathway of the Torrent 102 



In Thousand-Palm Canon 110 



Smoke-Trees IN A Canon Wash 116 



Sand, Mountain, Sky, and Silence 120 



The Water-Line of the Vanished Sea 126 



Among the Mud-Hills 130 



