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Springs and aboul six miles southwest of the town 

 of Coachella (the same from Indio.) The old 

 Indian road to Toro and Martinez passes near the 

 "reef." The land is here below sea-level, and the 

 water-line of the ancient sea is plainly marked on 

 the foot of the mountain. The "coral" is a deposit 

 of calcium carbonate left by the water. The like- 

 ness to coral is not really close. There are ranches 

 in the neighborhood. 



Deep Canon is a main canon of Santa Rosa 

 Mountain, reached by following the main road 

 down the valley for thirteen miles from Palm 

 Springs, when a road will be found which runs 

 some distance into the caiion, though not so far as 

 the narrows, which are five miles up. Botanists 

 will find this a good piece of country: there are 

 some splendid palo verdes, cacti are in fine display, 

 and ocotillos and agaves are numerous. Beyond the 

 narrows the cafion is rocky and romantic. The 

 walls are strikingly high and steep, and a few palms 

 are scattered along the stream. 



The Devil's Garden. This is a tract of open 

 desert mesa about eight miles north and slightly 

 west of Palm Springs and not far from Whitewater, 

 extending in fact nearly to the edge of Whitewater 

 Canon. It is a natural cactus garden, where many 

 species of cacti are associated in what amounts to 

 a thicket of these odd vegetable forms. A trip to it 

 makes a pleasant cross-country horseback excur- 

 sion; or it may be reached by automobile via the 



