ILLUSTRATIONS 
MAPS. 
Chapter. 
x. Geological map of the vicinity of San Francisco____ xii. 
in. Geological map of the Tejon Pass and Canada de las Uvas and the vicinity, including the Pass of San Fran- 
cisquito and Williamson’s Pass_ xv. 
iv. Geological map of the Colorado desert and the vicinity___ 
v. General geological map of a part of the State of California........At the end. 
SECTIONS. 
Sheet. 
1. Vertical section of the tertiary strata at Navy Point, Benicia.... i. 
2. Vertical section of the strata at Bear creek_ i. 
3. Vertical section of the strata at Ocoya or Posd creek_ i. 
4. Geological section of the Coast Mountains and Sierra Nevada, from the Farallones islands and San Francisco to 
the Great Basin_ ii. 
5. Geological section of the Sierra Nevada at the Tejon Pass. in. 
6. Geological section from the Tulare Valley and the Tejon Depot Camp to Taheechaypah Prairie .. iv. 
7. Geological section of the Sierra Nevada at the Canada de las Uvas. iv. 
8. Geological section of the Bernardino Sierra, from the Great Basin to the Pacific ocean, at San Pedro_ v. 
9. Geological section from the Colorado river to the Pacific oeean___ vi. 
10. Geological section of the Pass of San Bernardino or San Gorgono_ vii. 
11. Geological section of the Pass of San Bernardino, from north to south_ 
12. Geological section of the Colorado desert------ viii. 
13. Section from the Colorado river along the valley of New river to the valley of the Ancient Lake--- viii. 
14. Section showing the terraces and sand hills on the desert..... viii 
VIEWS. 
View I. Vicinity of Fort Miller. Chas. Koppel...... Frontispiece. 
II. United States military post, Benicia. Chas. Koppel_Chapter I, p.- 
III. Crossing of Chowchillas river. Chas. Koppel_ II - 
IV. Sierra Nevada, from the Four Creeks. W. P. Blake_ III - 
V. Great Basin, from the summit of the Tejon Pass. Chas. Koppel_ VI - 
VI. Mission and plain of San Fernando. Chas. Koppel.. VII - 
VII. Water-line and shores of the ancient lake. Chas. Koppel_ VIII - 
VIII. Point of rocks covered with a calcareous incrustation. Chas. Koppel, from a sketch by 
W. P. B. VIII _ 
IX. Eavines in the bed of the ancient lake. Chas. Koppel..-.-. VIII - 
X. Rounded hills, tertiary, between Ocoya creek and Posuncula river. Chas. Koppel- XIII - 
XI. Valley in the slope of the Great Basin. Chas. Koppel. XVI 215 
XII. Mirage on the Colorado desert. W. P. Blake_ XVII 251 
Xm. Metamorphic rocks, borders of the desert. Chas. Koppel.. XVIII - 
XIV. Mammoth tree, “ Beauty of the Forest,” Sequoia Gigantea. W. P. Blake. XVIII - 
WOOD ENGRAVINGS.* 
Page. 
View from Benicia, looking southwest___ 5 
Mount Diablo and Diablo valley......... 6 
Deep sun-cracks in the soil____ 7 
Effect of the prevailing wind upon trees.........-.... 8 
* The sketches except when otherwise stated are by the author. 
