CHAPTER IY. 
OCOYA CREEK DEPOT CAMP-OCOYA CREEK TO THE TEJON-TEJON 
DEPOT CAMP. 
Ocota creek.—Rounded hills.—Fossils.—Charcoal and pumice-stone in the strata.—Hills between camp and the 
POSUNCULA RIVER.-BOTTOM-LAND OF POSUNCULA RIVER.-SlVAMP OR SHALLOW POND.-ROUNDED HILLS ON THE WEST 
SIDE OF THE TULARE VALLEY.-SANDSTONE AND FOSSILS OF OCOYA CREEK_SELENITE.— SHARKS’ TEETH ON THE HILLS.- 
OCOYA CREEK TO THE TEJON.-STEEP SLOPES OF THE HILLS.-POSUNCULA RIVER.-TERRACE.-FOSSIL-STEMS.-CONGLOME¬ 
RATE.—Terraces.—Light argillaceous soil.—Tertiary hills.—Drift at tejon creek.—Tejon.—Sierra Nevada.— 
Depot camp.—Soil of the tejon.—Oak openings —Indian reservation.—Cultivation of the soil by Indians.— 
Grapes.—Climate of the tejon valley. 
We reached Ocoya, or Pose creek, on the 8th of August; it was then almost dry, and water 
could he found only in deep and shaded holes of its channel. The low hanks and bottom-land 
were timbered with a dense growth of cottonwoods and willows, and considerable grass was 
found along its borders. The green strip of vegetation showed out in strange contrast to the 
barren and parched surface of the surrounding hills, which were without trees or any green 
vegetation. 
This absence of trees permitted all the outlines to he seen, and they were all finely curved 
and rounded by the action of the weather. The soil upon their surfaces looks very light, and 
is nearly white. They appear to he composed of sand and sandy clay, regularly stratified, and 
alternating with strata of gravel and coarse sand. Pumice-stone, also, occurs in layers, and in 
some places forms a large part of the strata. 
DEPOT CAMP, OCOYA CREEK. 
Our camping place being selected on a narrow plain near groves ot willows and cottonwoods, 
preparations were made for remaining two or three weeks, while a preliminary reconnaissance 
