The Resources of California: Comprising Agriculture, Mining, Geography, Climate, Commerce, Etc., Etc., and the Past and Future Development of the StateA. Romor, 1863 - Всего страниц: 464 |
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... Humboldt Bay , and about Crescent City . § 4. Coast Rivers . - The rivers of the Coast Mountains have necessarily but a short course . Those south of the bay of San Francisco are the San Lorenzo , Pajaro , Salinas , Cuyama , Santa Inez ...
... Humboldt Bay , and about Crescent City . § 4. Coast Rivers . - The rivers of the Coast Mountains have necessarily but a short course . Those south of the bay of San Francisco are the San Lorenzo , Pajaro , Salinas , Cuyama , Santa Inez ...
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... bays - Humboldt , Tomales , San Francisco , and San Diego . All of them are comparatively long and narrow , and separated from the ocean by narrow peninsulas , their general course being parallel with the coast . Humboldt Bay is twelve ...
... bays - Humboldt , Tomales , San Francisco , and San Diego . All of them are comparatively long and narrow , and separated from the ocean by narrow peninsulas , their general course being parallel with the coast . Humboldt Bay is twelve ...
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... Humboldt Bay to Santa Barbara , have beautiful climes , which will compare favorably , I think , with the best of Italy . The summer days are always warm , rarely hot ; the mornings and evenings are clear and pleasant ; in winter , ice ...
... Humboldt Bay to Santa Barbara , have beautiful climes , which will compare favorably , I think , with the best of Italy . The summer days are always warm , rarely hot ; the mornings and evenings are clear and pleasant ; in winter , ice ...
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... Humboldt Bay . At Fort Yuma , and all through the Colorado Desert , the rain comes not in the rainy season of California , but chiefly in the summer and fall , synchronous with the wet season of North- western Mexico . Unfortunately ...
... Humboldt Bay . At Fort Yuma , and all through the Colorado Desert , the rain comes not in the rainy season of California , but chiefly in the summer and fall , synchronous with the wet season of North- western Mexico . Unfortunately ...
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... Humboldt Bay , re- ceives a greater amount of rain than any other part of the immediate shore ; and in this respect it resembles the humid clime of Western Oregon . At Fort Yuma the amount of rain is from one - fifth to one - seventh ...
... Humboldt Bay , re- ceives a greater amount of rain than any other part of the immediate shore ; and in this respect it resembles the humid clime of Western Oregon . At Fort Yuma the amount of rain is from one - fifth to one - seventh ...
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Стр. 125 - the Atlantic states, is found in all parts of California. From the tip of the bill to the end of the tail it is about thirty inches long, and six feet from tip to tip of the outstretched
Стр. 134 - buccinator) Is a very large bird, measuring five feet from the point of the bill to the end of the tail, and six feet across from tip to tip of the outstretched wings. The plumage is
Стр. 120 - beneath. The length, from the tip of the nose to the root of the tail, is from seventeen to twentythree inches; and the tail and ear each measure about four inches. Audubon's hare (Lepus audubonii) inhabits the coast valleys from Petaluma to San Diego. It is fifteen inches long,
Стр. 427 - have, then, before us a state, lying in the midst of the temperate zone, on the western coast of North America; bounded on one side by the Pacific Ocean, and on the other by a high range of mountains; reaching through nine degrees of longitude and
Стр. 122 - from the point of the nose to the tip of the tail. When in the water, its hair is at times beautifully iridescent. The sea-otter (Enhydra marina) is larger than the
Стр. 15 - the olive, the fig, the pomegranate, the vine, the peach, the apple, wheat, and barley, all find most congenial climes in California. The state, indeed, has many climates: one for the western slope of the Coast range between Point Conception and Cape Mendocino; another for the low land of the Sacramento Basin
Стр. 38 - to leave the bed bare in one place. The current of Kern River was turned up-stream, and the water ran four feet deep over the bank. The water of Tulare Lake was thrown upon its shores; and the Los Angeles River was flung out of its bed.
Стр. 38 - artesian wells were much affected: some ceased to run, and others had an increased supply of water. Near San Fernando a large stream of water was found running from the mountains, where there was no water before. In San Diego, and at San Fernando, several houses
Стр. 89 - though," as Dr. Newberry says, "like all the conifers on the Pacific coast, it exhibits a symmetry and perfection of figure, a healthfulness and vigor of growth not attained by the trees of any other part of the world." The mature tree sometimes reaches a height of three hundred feet and a
Стр. 452 - there should be an appeal to the United States District Court, and thence to the United States Supreme Court. In all these courts the claimant was to be opposed—that is,