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The West American Scientist 



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Official organ of the San Diego Society of Natural History. A Popular Review and 

 Record for the Pacific Slope. 



SAN DIEGO COUNTY. CAL, 



San EHego County is situate in the southern extremity of California — the Pacific 

 ocean on the west, and the gran I Colora<lo river on the east. The Coast Range 

 divides the County into two granl divisions. 1 he eastern side has some good land, 

 but is noted chiefly for its valuable mines an I minerals. The western side slopes 

 toward the ocean, is interspersed with plains, valleys and table lands, running 

 streams, timber and productive soils. It is well adapted to the diversitied pursuits 

 of agriculture, horticulture and grazing it is this part of the County which is now 

 being rapidly improved. The area ol the County is equal to that of Massachusetts, 

 Connecticut and Rhode lslan-1 combined — being 14,969 square miles. Population or 

 the County in 1880 was SiilS ; in 1 884 it had increased to 13,000. Assessed valua- 

 tion m 1880 was $3,525,253 ; in 1884. S8 J 40,000. 



One of the most important t(H)ograi)hical fe itures of the County is the Bay of San 

 Diego — a beautiful sheet of water tnore than 15 miks long, being the only land 

 locked harbor south of the Bay of San Francisco withn> American territory. The 

 country embraced withiu the boundary lines of the County presents a constant 

 succession of mountains, valleys and table lands, giving ^ wide range of adaptation 

 to industrial pursuits and the climatic conditioiis-siuted to jilinoat any possiH'" .eed 

 or preference 



i.Vo transcontinental railways traverse the County— the Atlantic & Pacitic and 

 the Southern Pacitic. Along the lines of these loads. and iu other parts of the in. 

 tenor of the County, are many thrifty towns and settlements, which cannot here be 

 :<iscribed or mentioned, but just such localities as many would like for health, profit 

 mil a pleasant home. 



The whole range of farm and garden productions of every kind, raised anywhere 

 i;i the United States, are successfully and prohtably grown here, as well as a long 

 list of tropical and semi-tropical fruits — such as figs, lemons, limes, oranges- 

 olives, bananas, and many others — all unsurpassed in either size, quantity or quality, 



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im miff rat toil Association, San Diego, Cal. 



