Brietman 1959 Journal 191 25 Apr. Along Cosumnes River, Sacramento Co. Hwy # 16 Michigan Bar area - land cut up by dredging, etc. 207 into a low rolling woodland - river valley 208 cemetery, dredging & a wonderful old house lots of cottonwoods 209 across a river; area of very large tamaracks to W. a solitary pine (pandlissa ?) in an open field [Cosumnes River] 210 onto upland area of rolling land & grass hill ranchhouse - local Eucalyptus & P. salin. Y-4 magpie Riparian area to S.W. Lightning ahead & very dark (NW to N) All of this is very rolling short grass 213 parkland, agric.- dairies; bottom land Gambelons & cottonwoods a levee? Naplins - an extensive area several figs & Lithocedrus in frontyards Woodland - of large Salita and some black walnuts 2 Slough house [Cosumnes River] 215 out of upon parkland, Heavy rain & thunder-lightning which continued on into Sacramento. 216 4:15 open rolling grassland. Cloud burst a few lone locusts - all in bloom Are facing a flat grassland with some isolated Eucalyptus areas. In this heavy rain the cattle face the storm (SW) and slump up their backs between their shoulders & ilium like C. Russel's 'Lost 95,000'