C. ZIEGLER 1956 Jovenal Apr 8 (cont) POINT ISABEL, Contra Costa Co., Calif. AND IN CREEKS ON IT -- THE OPEN SIDE BEING COVERED BY THE DROOPING SOLICARNIA Hillock SOLICARNIA Cross Section RUNWAY ALSO INTERESTING WERE SCRUBBED OUT 2 BARE SPOTS ON CORNERS OF THE HILLOCK WHERE THE GROUND WAS BARE EXCEPT FOR SCATTERED FINE GRASS STEM: (NOT SOLICARNIA). MICROS (?/1) PELLITS WERE PRESENT SCATTERED OVER SURFACES ALSO, A THIN GRASS GROWING WHERE THE SOLICARNIA HAD NOT COVERED SHOWED SIGNS OF HAVING BEEN EATEN OFF CLOSE to GROUND. 2 RUNWAYS COVERED BY SALIX RAN INTO ONE OF THESE SPACES AND ONE MORE NARROW PATH LED OVER THE BACK OF THE HILLOCK TO A RUNWAY LIKE THAT ILLUSTRATED ABOVE. NO COVER ABOVE THESE SPACES AT ALL. NEARLY ALL THE PIECES OF DRIFTWOOD LOOED IN SALIX HAD RUNWAYS BESIDE THEM, ON NE SIDE OF ROAD SOME SPOTS HAD A THICK MATTED GRASS 4-5 INCHES THIN GROWING ON TOPS OF HILLOCKS. RUNWAYS AN INCH & A HALF TO 2 INCHES WIDE WERE PRESENT THRU THE THICK MAT