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SOME FACTS ABOUT SOUTH-EASTERN 
CALIFORNIA, 
SI'MI-TROPIC CMIFORXl i. 
i „> ntiitf-J tilt* dearilntc region with terrific power. 
l' ; 'Y ."T/nV. n in In- For two or Hire day* tin? dement.* 
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the ol . r ft ll ^"' , ‘ , T |i |7J’ ( ViJYn nir i« lillotl with du*t nml conrae mind in 
The monntaiue which rise from Iho sen, milHranapoil dmii. * f y hrtftiemie qiiftutitiVa to great heights. 
>ro ”“* h * , “ hMe fSStooo«X ; Hornet iim-sh" violent are these luddom. 
at ( nnr St Luca* ami run in a north- ore nml inexhaustible 1 
v.-slnh direction along the roast ooimti- nud of even variety <» 
lot, with their iutr-i . .-ixinfl vajfn - U'",'. veb-poil. I her, nr<- «‘\l 
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extensive deposits of: thill house > tiro unn.ofe, >yngn„* and 
or 01,1 California. Th. >e mountain*. at '! ''\" t *' |,'u a I ^'loi!!'''' ilila'.H. *S the uf the *H» shut mil,. 
lo>l hr-gnlm nii'i broken, farther nm ili l"',U »"■ su!|,l'iir sjir_ g • ' J ( ,,T j 1 V fmv Klnum* raTOo bom the enfim.s in 
finally formed into Hit , m,”«• kuiMvu is 11> |T"|t< i ii". Alki I 1 . dewnrt where they sink in the 
Sana NVW..1-H. The, make the 1,,-k- *«U. '-an,,, its vkr>'.li'«r or combi- «|o M % <H \ hp only 
1, „„ of the son. hem part of our Slate | niih.MW. . , ^ % of wnrt.hvof note. It rises 
. .*'< they sustain on, l the most fi’-'-O lf (in.n- ... si,.,'., of Iho Sm. IVrnnrd,. 
r, .rmrlotl.le.l. s. i Is t>u III, Ainennon .onfi- him Hot lu.ii .suefully cletniuu I >•»" inward liftv or sixty miles 
moil It not n i »?,tinu.>i,s plain. I")l forum tin- base or fomi.l il.um ol ie P “j 1 . , ' ,• | ( o)o||, torus 
rathern series .f l,.-in- ..f van.nn. extent, -ysb-m. Il ■« |>- »ul Upon nliuo.l ,,very.,limi t olio lm.l of " '' Y., V, Ilv 
ilr.bvi.leil bv lower range* 'summit, composes the higher punks nml •mhlenh towards the i.rnt mil Jmi.llj 
ilia. Sonin ;.f these I. mins III 111., s llie holder pVl-i*ipiees. t |MMI it U-l disappears III l salt Tllllish Oil the llOM'll. 
, . lie in:, ii i feel holuW the the bosalt- nml other eruptive roek- Tn- I ben- are mum- tmt unvl mculows. am u 
. him of nil colors, euVorM entetisive tetri- niun11 <\tl»mlit\ of fertile hunt UJoug ‘his 
m me ,„„e.n. , .u mm ,U, torise. forma ««p« of the lower iiinRes of stream, A few fn mi lies mako 'heir homes 
iv.itcis ,,f the Colora l,, rivir into on.- of imnlliluim-, un.l along the Molmve river a<- [ there, nml sol.sisl. upon Iho products uf 
the-,,, nml th its make i lake covering a suiuua uuiu.v jiieturCTlJue uml grotesque their cuttle 
l.",i ge , \tent of U-riiturs, with the h..]>e >>! nhnpM, The porphyries, nmihle- ami The Colorado forms the eastern nmind- 
r. homing many th,..,-.ml- of ucies „l liii.e#tori, - of «lilTm*nt ages nr-of Urn il is jury between Arixwna mid Houtheiu Culi- 
l,ui,l uroutxl ita imug.n, uni, by inci, vsinl Jilaocil unit iiiti'i'iniiiglnil, There ure hiushc-s' fornln, mid ia n hnmil, Bhallow atn-nni 
evaporation, t" hum,•!,>:. the climate and <>f ol.Midi.u,, ami tielda of vnlcumc .l.d.ris,; with turl.nl waters ami an ever changing 
I., m tit il.e country at large There nr- mnl Miatfol'leM extinct crater*, of red nt' channel. Altcuiiita have been nuule to 
i, ttn.'i hfi-ins, having an allitudi of uno,, geologic age elenrly imli. at ive of the mmgati it with tlio smaller steamers, but 
1 wo, nr even uf mure than thno tin. mm. ml power which has lien wrought cnifii-ion | with iiublloreut success. Thdro is a lim- 
fi-t, about which haw. I».m-h lrne.nl at in Uml disturb'd the usually b. ailtiful order; itv -,1 quantity of agricultural land in iIh 
11tv>> 1 k the Hliiiliftl.ukciiblu markings uf in nature. |bolt,mitt, but. the excessive heat of the 
hem lies, favoring the t hr. a v that ILi.m' de A- n I rend y imbcnti , 1 , the climate i* ex -1 Hummers in a great ohslacltt to its cullivn- 
j, i. ,-i,oi, were once (In i>, d« of nuemnt ci'dingly dry Oomrally th- nil- is frans-' tiou. The channel uf the river from Col- 
divided ami « 
ami detAuhod hills. 
Lit long distant! 
ho cl of the sea. It is proposed, by the aid 
of tin- general government, to turn the 
inland seas. 
pnient, pure, en stalline Poring Hie winterd vill.i in Neva.la, miuthvninl through the 
liiglilamla, i • a thousand Fed or more be¬ 
low th- gem rfll land of the country II 
runs through w hat is appaienll.v the beds 
of a -.cries >,f uucienl l»k.-s lly some ler- 
ril.lo eunvulhiiui in iiatnic the lulls and 
riu* soil iu the low bollniusof the Ho- months snow falls upon the higher peaks 
have uml Colorado rivers is a dark loam, to such depths that it does not disappear 
l.l.i where it i* iilmost universally sandy . [ until in Jam- or July, •nnnetiim-s not until 
hut only in eertaiu localities iuhtueutly m .Viigust, it lie-, upon the elevated p|u- 
Ultvii. AnftlyRi-s kIiovv tlin elements of teaus for a few days, uml but barely whit- . . .. . ... 
nr .,1 lert,lily.and whiinvei i vj.i.-niijeiit't on - the lower lands. 1 hr •Imw. is begin nmuiituins which at one time separated 
have linen mude by proper irrigation, . von in Ou1.i|j.-i> or Novi niber, tall '.pniiiigh . thesn bodies of water were tent iisuudm in 
this Jr . it' has “ ii'joiecd and blu>- mid usually -cum" m April or May. d’hen a wuitherly direction, mid thus a dianm I 
1 ,l " br ut wts in with great power,and soon j was opened fur the river to tint gulf The 
In its naturally dry amt parched c,nidi the whole ccmutry m pnrdu-il and wi>, I,caches along the shores ol IIm kc lakes 
lion the , iiiintrv supports onJ,v a Molded Kveiy p.uiielr nf m.ostoir tic aul'ace ar- d.stuictlv Omikcd, nml have been 
grow th ,,f th. hardier jdant , au. mIu uI,, i- evaporated or nlMurht d the miuiIm, traced in some inM-atires for miles on 
} ou ', 1 , s l”‘;i.-'| l.nymief.tlw. yucca, I l.e little pools du-q.pear. The .-.Ireams mtlmr Hide of the river. A kind ol broad 
lm : 'V" '*•»;' d . h...K, »i..1 I.|,b lake* *», d.y and leave in- . shut ir, at intervala will, high walls 
„ , ' ' A" " "" YY" 1 b' 1 " 1 '."odi beds da-'/lmg in the h„.i- and rugged precipices, is thus formed in 
• " / ,. ,J " b.gbi-i grim,ills. I l.e light like -lim.-tuf Himw The tlower* die, which i In- heal is conUactCil HO I lult I he 
..the nr. . ami ..ml men ,|„ pc,,:.. shrubs and grasses HmnnometcT often Van' cs «, high in VX 
dittci.-nt nineties of ni.inl. d willows aru ; h-ae thru fi. duu-sv ;,ud given U nd look Fahnmlmit. 
Tiniuti uV4*r tlip low JwikIh, *j<u witlieml unJ htird Til® ihjrtiijLivr-niiriurf I, it r ^ 
m„ 1 |x ulmi ' llic fnHiihn nt u.„ ,, t 11 I . . . ^ 1 1,1 wine of t\ n« nmiinrain Btrrumi ntu* 
r. , ‘ , ,7 , r ' ,1 t I V7 ' V ' 11 S * >lfi *“ ,,d «re fun,111, bill llo. lisl, of t. 1,0 Col. 
. « ZZSV SM^TV,r.j:a 
.. *ftltiiuu iii si/, uml form. but ihfl'or widely 
upw.ird l.v it| other i-especU. Sonn, have I he general 
ru fur 
ait mlu 
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Animal bte on the desert ne*ei wan 
1":do . ioll . iu early - piuig u native priui- and dm«.„ I. Noan'-v by, npimlte-lik" mil- mf,,,,,,,'" 
" ' lwo , ,r '" jh„- m. u , mu. > uutne. ■•» du.t rapidly borne now ard l.v .. 
r b.-V^ .. T - .-n 
' *«.,any. appear. S. ve„d the d, . .and in. ,^e u, low. 1 t , VX l % .. A'"' 
1 .. ■ " ' ' -f the .. end in lung.. , ... ' ' ""','',1 l .« Uw , U " 
V : .?“ 3,1,1 1,11 nn.-«]U,t.-| peunuiei of itivcili I < fiUl.lg v bey a,e nil soft ",lv UI..I l„m 
nml ’. vi ral bright eyed tlowctu, hitlmrl 
unknown to 
\ at UillP •. 1 if 
J*i'HVUiM f li 
flimao* utTiud good pastil. 
. goo,I , ho., 1 jk 1 , 1 ,,.,,.. , . .* ■.iii... 1 oi. on .nr iiL'sen lien 1 wif 
b' uliumlaiitly over dull and .and. 'in’pm'sm n “' «>.-ui-und ihe Cali- 
lj ;“. .. "". bui few uv,-, , great qumdiliet,.1 wat.o we mk o !“, **’" " r ,‘ Uw 
!•'•••• ' , Hand dun, -, salt up and T.aponwd mid a r- l y the ! ' ‘“V 1 . 1 -V lwt,r «"«* '"-“"bun shop me mot 
. , » 1 ! "'W' phuiif. ,to e.' ul, ami ti,,, awal to the , ,,,s J At h ""~" “ UIub f. r - . 
the diMilU'gratluu of the tluehitie 
qnd there ,s lint little or no 11 o- 
whirl 
J ocks is , 
eta hi- tg 
One of the distinguishing fcatun 
this j'ortiou .if Hunt I 
Brin. ml w 
1 . 1 -e ^uddSl V • ,u,,w V t " l,l r* ' vLm * I "ild-C ',1 •, hmlgi.s and amaller bum.. 
1 SiTui is. . .....- 
aumtulu am tnoro almndiutl 
„,, i 1 , . • i.iriow.-d Iti'iilih 1 arc not mtmeiou*, except thu 
amt torn, and ro. ks wi ighnig many toi 1 . 1 
of hulled 11 ,to the 
"a dill, rent kind* of h/nidi. Tci rapiiiM, t-lio 
10 Culil'UiiM • ,1 ,-»«•. , o imilv ‘ l, 1,1,1 beh-w. Iioincd rattteauaki', and lluec or f■ 1 r 
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