Journal, v4151
Page 505
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General Account This ill named meadow covers about 40 acres of land which constitutes the valley at the head of a small creek. At the lower end of the meadow where it breaks into a rocky gorge there is a spring which drains westward toward the South Fork of the Kern River. The soil about here as much the same as in the previous locality with the exception of their lighter color. The vegetation - Veg of meadow has already been mentioned. Bordering the meadow is a thick growth of this unknown composite bush (?) which gives way in the higher and drier sections to sage. On the highly slopes especially among where there is broken granite there are Pinon Pine forests through which can be found Sage brush patches. Pinyon and other (well scattered) thin or Sabin Pines. On the North facing slope of the small