CHAPTER III. 
FORT MILLER AND THE VICINITY —FORT MILLER TO OCOYA CREEK 
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GRANITIC HILLS.—VIEW OF THE VALLEY OF THE SAN JOAQUIN.—DIURNAL RISE AND FALL OF THE WATER.— TEMPERATURE, 
SaLMoN,—TERRAcES —(GOLD. 
WATER-FALLS.—INDI 
— VILLERTON.—ÜCLIMATE.—FORT MILLER TO KING'S RIVER.—FORT MILLER TO DRY € 
RACE.—KinG?s RIVER —SIERRA NEVADA.—SHARP SLATE RIDGES TRANSVERS 
RIVER TO THE F 
WHITE CREEK. aA vili id ROCKS.— 
AP.— WHITE CREEK TO POSE OR OCOYA CREEK— TERTIARY FORMATION AT THE BASE OF THE SIERRA NEVADA 
On arriving at Fort Miller, a settlement and military post on the left bank of the San Joa- 
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quin, we encamped for several days, and thus an opportunity was presented for the examination 
of the geology of the immediate vicinity. The river flows in a deep winding valley, between 
high granitic hills, partly wooded with oaks and pines 
The slopes of these hills are very steep ; 
VALLEY OF THE SAN JOAQUIN AT FORT MILLER 
and a short distance above the tort they rise abruptly from the stream, leaving only a nar- 
Í row ‘‘bench’’ or level area at their base 
At the fort, this terrace or plain attains a considerable 
width, and several miles below opens out upon the broad plains of the San Joaquin 
