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have a very scanty growth of oaks; southward the mountains are densely covered with shrubs and trees.

July 8, 1891.
Fort Tejon, Kern County, Cal.
I remained in camp to-day catalogueing and writing notes.

July 9, 1891.
Fort Tejon, Kern County, Cal.
Mr. Palmer and I went to-day to Frazier Mountain.  We went by the road up the Cañada de las Uvas turning off at Cuddys Cañon and following it up to Cuddy's Ranch.  It was said to be about ten miles to the summit of Mt Piños, and about six to that of Frazier Mt. We chose the latter trip and at about noon left Cuddy's taking an old road from that ranch directly up the mountain.
The [[strikethrough]] valley and [[/strikethrough]] lower slopes of the mountain at this point are covered with piñons ([[underlined]] Pinus monophylla [[/underlined]]) and by patches of chapparral about half way up the mountain the yellow