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Barley, stubble of, on the borders of the Desert....... 96 
Parren hills 9 
Basaltic lava near Fort Miller 18 
plain o 24 
polarity of 24 
columnar structure 24 
boulders in the bed of the Merced 12 
Basaltic rocks at Knight's Ferry-............. 254 
Basalt and greenstone of the Isthmus 2 
Basalt, Bay of Panama 3 
Basins within the limits of the Great Basin 217 
Baskets made by Indians 24 
made by the Indians at the Tijon 46 
Baths, Indian 20 
Bay of Monterey 139 
Beach-line of a former lake 98 
Beac 
h-shingle 128 
at San Diego 176 
Beach of white sand 4 
Beale, E. F., superintendent of Indian affairs for Cali- 
fornia 39 
success in raising crops by the aid of In- 
i چ‎ 39 
Bear Creek 15 
trail... 48 
ie Lot ee Pi dp pa 50 
Bios; lieutenant, notice of the geological collection ۱ 
45 
Ben Bay etme tes 286 
Benicia oo 4,5 
| sandstone ...... 4,283 
conglomerate 4 
55,133 
trend, and general elevation of 135, 136, 
13 
relations of, to the Sierra Nevada and 
Coast Mountains................ 136 
Tig Passes in 137 
Big Lagoon 109 
Big Tree Cottage 258 
Bituminous strata at Monterey 180 
&t San Pedro 129 
shales at San Diego. 128 
silica. » 230,178 
ab. springs at Los tm 76 
Bitumen ; 
of the Const یه‎ 284, 285 
ings at Los Angeles................. 284,285 
Black-tailed dee: 34 
Blackness of ia rocks at Pilot Knob, Colorado Desert.. 112 
Bluff of sandstone 
Board sluices 
Bones of animals near the Desert 105, 107 
Bones in the drift or detritus of San Francisco........ 160 
Boston ravine 268 
E Bottom land of the Mojave 64 
; of the Colomo: 116 
(skr a the entrance of the Gad ns Uvas —— 41 
amd drift of gravel at Carrizo Creck......... 108 
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_Cetaceous, bones of, on the moun ie 
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Boundaries of the Great Basin 212, 213 
Brackish water 109 
Brandy 75 
Bread made of the Mezquite bean 98 
Break or fissure in the rocks at Fort Yuma 115 
Brecciated strata, volcanic 55,56 
reccia near Williamson's Pass „68 
Bronzite 7,158, 307 
Brook of hot water 83 
Brick making at San Francisco 160 
Brimstone plains 267 
Buena Vista lake 44,49 
Building stone at San Franeisco 148 
at Panama 2 
Bulla jugularis 701 
h grass of the Basin 52 
Burns' Creek 14 
C. 
Cacholong 269 
Cactacex, Colorado Desert 95 
Calcareous sandstone at San P 129 
incrustation on the shores of the Ancient 
e ,100 
sinter or travertin 112 
water of the Ancient Lake 239 
Calcite on the surface of the Desert 104 
(California candstone 153 
Walley assed Aa a نی‎ 143 
clover 75,79 
Cajon 85 
pr à las Uvas, the southern limit of the Sierra 
134 
Cañon نیج‎ Ten Rivertown A E 263 
Caüons in the side of San am a PE 
Cape St. Lucas Si 8 
Conception...... .... 3 
Capitol dome ; - iri 
Carbonate of copper 。 69 
of magnesia, in thick beds 28 
of soda 310 
Carcharodon rectus a 172 
Cardita ..... - 179 
aniio — su hén 
Cardium modestum... 7 
Carrizo Creek, temperature of...... - 105 
approach to : 20295 
strata on the borders of-------------- 121 
Casteca Lake un Serie a N S Sal 47 
Clio at San Fernandes cc LL 75 
in droves, on the rancho of San Franeisgit. SEn 78 
mired in clay near King's River --.----------- 26 
Cave City pice E do 
in the limestone at Cave City...---.----.------ 
containing human skulls a. 
Cedar trees of a slope of the Great Basin — ..--- 
Cement Hill, auriferous deposits at--------- 
Cemoria 
