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SHRUBS PREDOMINATE, WITH MUCH CAESALPINEA AND SO ON BUT ORGAN PIPE CACTUS AND OPUNTIA ARE STILL PRESENT, AS IS THE THORN SCRUB, WITH ITS CATSCLAWS, MIMOSAS AND ACACIAS. THE VEGETATION IS REALLY NOT OUTSTANDINGLY DIFFERENT FROM THAT ABOUT LA PLACITA, WHICH IS AT 25 FEET. I SAW NO DISTINCT CHANGES IN FAUNA, EITHER, AS I FOUND MOST OF THE LIZARDS + SO ON THERE AS IN L.P.
THE HILLS ARE LIMESTONE AND GRANITES, WITH SOME IGNEOUS INTRUSIONS. THE SOILS ARE SAND OR SANDY CLAYS WITH MUCH BOULDER AND ROCK DEPOSITION.


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[[underline]]GAMARILLA[[/underline]]
FALSE CORAL SNAKE.