ILLUSTRATIONS. 
MAPS 
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1. Geological map of the vicinity of San Francisco 
nr. Geological map of the Tejon Pass and Cañada de las Uvas and the vicinity, including the Pass of San Fran- 
disquito and “Williamson's PAG. a aa a a Rape eS ia nd quam num pai xv. 
Iv. Geological map of the Colorado desert and the vicinity T. 
v. General geological map of a part of the State of California At the end. 
SECTIONS. dd 
l. Vertical section of the tertiary strata at Navy Point, Benicia ------ e 
2. Vertical section of the strata at Bear cree Sopa L 
3. Vertical section of the strata at Ocoya or Pose ee I. 
4. Geological section of the Coast Mountains and Sierra Nevada, from the Farallones islands and San Francisce to 
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5. Geological section of the Sierra Nevada at the Tejon Pass 2222 ---- - ------ -- -- -- -------- --- === ==. nt. 
6. Geological section from the Tulare Valley and the Tejon Depot Ge) to Taheechaypah Prairie --------------- IV. 
7. Geological section of the Sierra Nevada at the Cañada de las Uvas--------------------------------.------- IV. 
8. Geological section of the Bernardino Sierra, from the Great u to the Pacific ocean, at San Pedro----------- v 
9. Geological section from the Colorado river to the Pacific oeean qum ru چا‎ YE 
10. Geological section of the Pass of San Bernardino or San Gorgofio - 2 - - -- -- --- ---- aaa -- „men ren va. 
11. Geological section of the Pass of San Bernardino, from north to south. --- -- - -- - ------- ------- === --- 7777 
12. Geological section of the Colorado desert c afa ak in aso vt. 
13. Section from the Colorado river along the valley of New river to the valley of the Ancient Lake ------------- VE 
14. Section showing the terraces and sand hills on the desert............-.---------.------------ ooo” vill 
VIEWS. 
View I. Vicinity x det Miller. Chas. Koppel i Frontispiece. 
I. United S military post, Beis Chas: Koppel s _ Chapter I, pP. ---- 
II. Crossing xn Chowchillas river. Chas. Koppel z I gl 
IV. Sierra Nevada, from the Four Creeks. W. P. Blake - HE eee 
V. Great Basin, from the summit of the Tejon Pass. Chas. Koppel > FE re 
VI. Mission and plain of San Fernando. Chas. Koppel iss VII mur 
VII. Water-line and shores of the ancient lake. Chas. Koppel - vill MUN 
VIII Point of rocks covered with a calcareous incrustation. Chas. Koppel, from a sketch by 
Wu DB > VIII u. 
IX. Ravines in the bed ofthe ancient lake. Chas. Koppel pm VII es 
X. Rounded hills, tertiary, between Ocoya creek and Posuncula river. Chas. Koppel------- AME. = 
XI. Valley in the slope of the Great Basin. Chas. Koppel ای‎ XVI 215 
XII. Mirage on the Colorado desert. W. P. Blake Ao oi Mer 
XII. Metamorphic rocks, borders of the desert. Chas. Koppel a XVIII EET 
XIV. Mammoth tree, ‘‘ Beauty of the Forest," Sequoia Gigantea. W. P. Blake Beds Qi eres 
WOOD ENGRAVINGS.* Pais: 
View from Benicia, looking southwest ee ee 5 
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Effect of the prevailing wind upon trees nn adt wenn 
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