"miles wide, pretty 30 to 40 of this but is consider- ably dissected. Further inland is another mesa once remains of foothills and beyond begin the deep valleys. From Pacific coast it is 60 miles by air line to the edge of the Salton desert and 100 miles more to the sea or lake. All of the Eucalyptus trees about here are in- troduced from Australia where they are about 4 to 5 inches; here we had of about 100 kinds have been introduced. On the mesas one sees no trees, mostly Chaparral among which are dry bushes. The roots of some of these are dug up for fire wood. Andlee if there was a terrible storm here, but the usual they may carry very destructive. At those times the whole hill sides wash down when the roads become impassable. Everywhere trace evidence of wild cat real estate speculation. Great excitement is produced and many dry lots to hold for the future auction. It is a good same to watch those that believe Cal. is Paradise.