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LORQUINIA 
ing walk along the volcanic shore between Highland and Point Lobos, 
south of Carmel. Striking the coast about midway between the places 
named we came to the lower end or southern part of the ancient vol- 
canic eruption which produced Carmel Bay and the elevation of the 
Monterey Peninsula. The rocks at this place lie at various angles, 
caused by some terrific explosion during the long ago. Some of the 
beautifully stratified sandstones now have a vertical position, while 
other masses of great blocks and ledges are inclined in various other 
directions. 
At one place the perpendicular rocks have open spaces where the 
waves washed out the softer rock between them^ some for a distance of 
50 or more feet, and 30 to 35 feet in height. Further along we found 
conglomerate superimposed on the earlier sandstone ledges. Some of 
these ledges have the appearance as if the pebbles and cobblestones were 
thrown out on the sand in which they were from time to time imbedded. 
Later strata show more cobblestones, and a still later formation shows 
the stones mixed with scoria. This latter formation is seen further 
along the coast in great masses now greatly eroded. The conglomerate 
has the appearance also of a final cataclysm or outburst of volcanic fire 
which burnt and melted the exposed surface of the conglomerate. All 
this, however, took place at a greater elevation in the geological ages 
of the past. 
A very interesting block of sandstone shows the marks or foot- 
prints of some creatures as they passed over the soft sand at an earlier 
geological epoch. Also some fossilized caprolites, one of which I 
secured. 
Pacific Grove, Cal., June 16th, 1917. 
MEMBERS OF THE LORQUIN NATURAL HISTORY CLUB 
AND THE OBJECTS IN WHICH THEY 
ARE INTERESTED 
Directors 
Bonnot, Paul, Los Angeles, Cal. Reptiles, general natural history. 
'^■''Chace, Emory P., Los Angeles, Cal. Conchology. 
Davis, Alonzo, Pasadena, Cal. Coleoptera. 
Elwin, Robert, Los Angeles, Cal. General natural history. 
^Grinnell, Fordyce, Jr., Pasadena, Cal. Lepidoptera, general nat- 
ural history. 
"''Hadley, E. E., Alhambra, Cal. Paleontology, geology. 
Hillis, Donuil, Los Angeles, Cal. General natural history. 
Klotz, Herman, Los Angeles, Cal. Entomology. 
Malcolm, Geo. E., Los Angeles, Cal. Entomology (lepidoptera). 
May, Rlaoul M., Los Angeles, Cal. Hymenoptera and insects in 
general. 
