anta Barbara, 2, 3, 9, 37, 67.

---- ---- at Montecito, 123.

---- ---- Channel, 2, 3.

---- ---- County, 16.

---- ---- description of, 72, 137, 138.

---- ---- fruits, 37, 129.

---- ---- Island, 2, 3.

---- ---- Mountain, 17.

---- ---- olives, 37, 125.

---- ---- temperature of, 29, 44, 207.

Santa Catalina, 2, 134.

Santa Clara, 43, 138.

---- ---- River, 11.

Santa Clemente, 2.

Santa Cruz, 2, 47, 157.

---- ---- Canaries, Temperature of, 207.

Santa Fe line, 117, 119, 163, 165, 182.

---- ---- New Mexico, Temperature of, 207.

Santa Margarita River, 11.

Santa Miguel, 2.

Santa Monica, 3.

---- ---- description of, 76.

---- ---- irrigation at, 134.

Santa Rosa, 2, 140.

Santa Ynes, 4, 72.

Santiago, 46.

---- ---- Canon, 134.

San Tomas mission, 60.

Savannah, 216.

Sea-lions, 30, 161.

Seasons, 6, 10, 37, 38, 43, 65, 66, 81.

---- description of the, 65, 66.

---- Van Dyke on the, 202-206.

_Sequoia semper virens_, 157.

_Sequoias gigantea_, 157, 158.

Serra, Father Junipero, 24.

Serrano, Don Antonio, 61, 62.

Sheavwitz Plateau, 178.

Sheep, 12, 206.

Shiva's Temple, 195.

Shooting-star, 203.

Sicily, 18, 69.

Sierra Madre, 4, 15, 37, 42, 46, 71, 94, 114, 118.

---- ---- Villa, 130.

Sierra Nevada, 2, 3.

Sierras, 153, 161.

Signal Service Observer, 207.

Silene, 204.

Smith, F. D., 212-215.

---- F. M., 212.

---- T. D., 214.

Smithsonian Institution, 59.

Snap-dragon, 205.

Sorrel, 204.

Sorrento, 132.

Southern California, 2-4, 16.

---- ---- climate of, 29, 38, 45, 55, 56, 59, 62, 130.

---- ---- commerce of, 18.

---- ---- compared to Italy, 46.

---- ---- counties of, 16.

---- ---- history of, 24, 25.

---- ---- "Our Italy," 18, 46.

---- ---- pride of nations, the, 26.

---- ---- rainy seasons in. (See Rain.)

---- ---- rapid growth of fruits in, 115.

---- ---- recreations of, 69-71.

---- ---- temperature of, 43, 133. (See Temperature.)

---- Italy, 69, 147.

---- Pacific Railroad, 149.

---- Utah, 177.

South Pasadena, 213, 214.

---- Riverside, 217.

Spain, 149.

Spalding, W. A., 212, 215.

Spanish adventurers, 24, 30.

Spruce-pine, 182.

St. Augustine, Florida, Temperature of, 207.

St. Michael, Azores, Temperature of, 207.

St. Paul, Minnesota, Temperature of, 207.

State Commission, 156.

Stewart, James, 217.

Stone, 142.

Strawberries, 10.

---- prices and profits of,