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I N T R O D U C T I O N

Location and Size of Area
The region considered in this report is a tract of about

five square miles situated in the central portion of the
Humphreys Quadrangle in Southern California. The area lies

between the Plum Canyon Road and the Bouquet Canyon Road
extending from their juncture northward to the Vasquel Can-

yon Road. The whole region lies about ten miles north-east
of the town of Saugus, which is about thirty miles from Los

Angeles on U.S. Highway 6, the Mint Canyon Highway. From
Pasadena the area is reached by tra~eling along Foothill

Boulevard westwr:rd to its junction with the Mint Canyon High-
way just north of the city of San Fernando. The Mint Canyon

Highway is then followed to its junction with the Bouquet
Canyon Road just north of the town of Saugus. Approximately

four miles up the Bouquet Canyon Road the Plum Canyon Road
branches to the eastward. This marks the southern and east-

ern boundaries of the.area.

Purnose and Method of Study
This problem was undertaken as a requisite to attaining

the degree of Bachelor of f,cience from the California Insti-
tute of Technology. The purpose being to give to the student

the opportunity of undertaking a piece of original and inde-
Dendent research and at the same time to give him the benefit