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being cut more than they are being filled.

Both Bouquet and Mint Canyons empty into the Santa Clara

River, which pursues a westerly course to the Pacific Ocean.

VEGETATION AND CULTURE

The vegetation of the area is typical of semi-arid regions.

It is so called ohaparral 'Ni th the characteristic assemblage

of sages, cacti, yucca, manzanita, greasewood, buckwheat,

bunchgrass, scrub oak, etc. which is so common on Southern

California hillsides.

Throughout the area there are scattered houses, often

absented, which are as a rule connected with-small farms. The

farms occupy stream bottoms and ·the old alluvium, and are there-

fore very limited in extent. The floors of Bouquet and Plum

Canyons, the old alluvium, and the ampitheater in the north

are the chief agricultural regions. Cattle and hors.es are

allowed to range over much of the area; pigs are farmed in

one valley in the south. There· are some scattered home2 which

are independent of any farming activity, and also independent

of topography. Because of the.prevalent ill-feeling toward

trespassers, it is advisable to see as many of the large land

holders as uossible before trespassing.

EXPOSURES

The exDosures in much of the area are very poor, owing

to the softness of the rock and to the vegetation. In the