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field, going into camp about a quarter-mile north of the town.
    The road across the plains is very level and hard, in some places somewhat dusty and with but a mile or two of sand. There are no trees until one approaches Bakersfield, where they occur along the ditches and streams.
    The higher portions of the plain, near Tejon ranch, are characterized by the same plants mentioned in the journal for the 11th inst. with the addition of [[underlined]] Asclepias erosa [[/underlined]].
    The lower portions are moister and somewhat alkaline and are characterized in various parts by [[underlined]] Atriplex polycarpa [[/underlined]], . [[underlined]] Distichlis maritima [[/underlined]], [[strikethrough]] of [[/strikethrough]] [[underlined]] Salicornia ambigua [[/underlined]], [[underlined]] Spirostachys occidentalis [[/underlined]], [[underlined]] Sporobolus airoides [[/underlined]], [[underlined]] Suaeda suffrutescens [[/underlined]], Suaeda   , and [[underlined]] Frankenia grandifolia [[/underlined]].

    A portion of the higher plain towards Tejon ranch was characterized by the presence of . [[underlined]] Opuntia basilaris [[/underlined]].
    At Bakersfield we met Dr. & Mrs. Merriam & the baby. Dr. Merriam has been ordered to the Pribilov Islands and leaves for Visalia late to-night.