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INDEX 
Page. 
Barley, stubble of, on the borders of the Desert_ 96 
Barren hills__ 9 
Basaltic lava near Fort Miller_ 18 
plain of..... 24 
polarity of. 24 
columnar structure_ 24 
boulders in the bed of the Merced_ 12 
Basaltic rocks at Knight’s Ferry_254 
Basalt and greenstone of the Isthmus.. 2 
Basalt, Bay of Panama. 3 
Basins within the limits of the Great Basin...217 
Baskets made by Indians_ 24 
made by the Indians at the Tijon_ 46 
Baths, Indian__. 20 
Bay of Monterey_ 139 
Beach-line of a former lake.'.... 98 
Beach-shingle. 128 
at San Diego_ 176 
Beach of white sand_ 4 
Beale, E. F., superintendent of Indian affairs for Cali¬ 
fornia_ 39 
success in raising crops by the aid of In¬ 
dians . 39 
Bear Creek. 15 
trail... 48 
camp. 50 
Belcher, lieutenant, notice of the geological collection 
of. 145 
Bellingham Bay coal.285, 286 
Benicia_ 4,5 
sandstone. 4,283 
conglomerate_ 4 
Bernardino Sierra. 55,133 
trend, and general elevation of 135,136, 
137 
relations of, to the Sierra Nevada and 
Coast Mountains__ 136 
Passes in.. 137 
Big Lagoon. 109 
Big Tree Cottage. 258 
Bituminous strata at Monterey_ 180 
at San Pedro. 129 
shales at San Diego__ 128 
silica....230,178 
Bitumen springs at Los Angeles_ 76 
Bitumen_ 3 
of the Coast Mountains. 284, 285 
springs at Los Angeles____ 284,285 
Black-tailed deer_ 34 
Blackness of the rocks at Pilot Knob, Colorado Desert. . 112 
Bluff of sandstone. 70 
Board sluices. 266 
Bones of animals near the Desert..105,107 
Bones in the drift or detritus of San Francisco_ 160 
Boston ravine_ 268 
Bottom land of the Mojave_ G4 
of the Colorado. 116 
Boulders at the entrance of the Canada de las Uvas_ 41 
and drift of gravel at Carrizo Creek... 108 
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Boundaries of the Great Basin_212,213 
Brackish water_ 109 
Brandy.. 75 
Bread made of the Mezquite bean_ 98 
Break or fissure in the rocks at Fort Yuma. 115 
Brecciated strata, volcanic_55,56 
Breccia near Williamson’s Pass... 68 
Bronzite... 7,158,307 
Brook of hot water. 83 
Brick making at San Francisco.. 160 
Brimstone plains.267 
Buena Yista lake. 44,49 
Building stone at San Francisco. 148 
at Panama.. 2 
Bulla jugularis_701 
Bunch grass of the Basin. 52 
Burns’ Creek. 14 
C. 
Cacholong... 269 
Cactacese, Colorado Desert... 95 
Calcareous sandstone at San Pedro.. 129 
incrustation on the shores of the Ancient 
Lake. 99,100 
sinter or travertin.. 112 
water of the Ancient Lake_..._239 
Calcite on the surface of the Desert_ 104 
California sandstone___153 
valley.143 
clover....75,79 
Cajon Pass. 85 
Canada de las Uvas, the southern limit of the Sierra 
Nevada. 134 
Canon of American River.. 263 
Canons in the side of San Gorgono_ 94 
Cape St. Lucas_ 3 
Conception_ 3 
Capitol dome_ 114 
Carbonate of copper._ 69 
of magnesia, in thick beds_ 28 
of soda._310 
Carcharodon rectus_ 172 
Cardita. 179 
planicosta_164 
Cardium modestum. 176 
Carrizo Creek, temperature of_ 105 
approach to_ 121 
strata on the borders of__ 121 
CastecaLake. 47 
Cattle at San Fernando_ 75 
in droves, on the rancho of San Francisquito_ 72 
mired in clay near King’s River__ 26 
Cave City.. 259 
in the limestone at Cave City.. 260 
containing human skulls..-.257 
Cedar trees of the slope of the Great Basin.. 63 
Cement Hill, auriferous deposits at.273 
Cemoria_ 179 
Cetaceous, bones of, on the mountains..187 
