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At Sespe the Mts. rise higher & steeper to the north and are crested with long armed [[spres?]] of Pseudotsuga macrocarpa. Rhus laurina and live oak & Opuntia littoralis come down on the washes. The soil is dark & rich and there are large fields of grain & beans & less fruit.

A few miles west of Sespe the citrous fruits have ceased but peaches, apricotts & english walnuts are seen. Olives & grapes are still raised but the weedy vegetation becomes more dense & the chaparral comes lower down as we near Santa Paula.

Just west of Santa Paula there are good orange groves again & lots of olives & English Walnuts & other fruits, but it soon got too dark to recognize the trees.