Feather river at Marysville, has its source in the Sierras in the eastern part of Nevada county, and near the eastern boundary of the State. Its course through Nevada and Yuba counties is among deep ravines and gulches, and over the repositories of millions of gold. It is not navigable.

AMERICAN RIVER.-The American river, so famous in early days for its gold deposits, has its source near Lake Tahoe in the Sierras. It runs almost due west, and forms the line between the counties of El Dorado and Placer. It is a dashing stream, often passing through deep ravines and dark, shady forests. Running through the lower portions of Sacramento county, it winds slowly through the plain until it meets the Sacramento just above Sacramento City. It is not navigable.

There are a number of rivers emptying into the San Joaquin, having their source high in the Sierras, and running over and through deep gorges and cañons toward the south, and averaging from one hundred to one hundred and twenty miles in length; many of them are of great beauty and volume: among these are the Cosumnes, Mokalumne, Calaveras, Stanislaus, Tuolumne, and Merced.

KING'S RIVER.-King's river is a stream of much volume. Its source is in the Sierras in the eastern portion of Fresno county, and south of the San Joaquin. For the first fifty miles it rushes over precipitous rocks and mountain gorges; striking the Tulare valley, it courses sluggishly through the tule swamps until it empties into Tulare lake. This river is about ninetyfive miles in length.

KERN AND BRAVO RIVERS.-Both these rivers have their source in the lower end of the Sierra range, in the eastern part of Tulare county. They carry a considerable body of water through rough cañons and gorges, until they meet the tule lands of Kern county, where they empty into Kern lake, from which to their source they are more than one hundred and twenty miles in length.

OWENS RIVER.-This river issues from the White and Palisade mountains, east of the Sierras and close to the eastern line of the State, in Mono county, hundreds of little streams from both sides of these mountains swell its volume, its course being southwest, until it empties into Owens lake. This river is about one hundred miles in length, but is not navigable.

MOHAVA RIVER.-The Mohava river issues from the San Bernardino mountains in the western part of San Bernardino county, sixty miles east from the Pacific ocean. Its course is nearly southeast a distance of one hundred miles, where it is lost in the Sink of the Mohava, in the southeastern section of San Bernardino county.

COAST RIVERS.-The rivers emptying into the Pacific ocean, with the exception of those principal ones whose outlet is through the Golden Gate, are but few, and not one navigable except for a short distance by small craft of light draught. There are seven small streams that empty into the ocean from San Diego county, the most southern county of the State; none of them are of much importance, the greatest being about sixty miles in length. They are not navigable. San Diego, San Bernardino, San Louis Rey, and Margarita are the principal ones in this county.

Six small rivers and numerous creeks find their way from the Coast Range to the Pacific, the entire length of the State; six have an outlet through Los Angeles county: none of them are navigable. Santa Ana and San Gabriel are the chief ones, the former being about fifty miles in length. The Los Angeles is a branch, of considerable magnitude, of the San Gabriel; its course is from east to west.

In Santa Barbara county there are bu three rivers: they have their source in the Coast Range and empty into the Pacific ocean: none of them are of any importance. The Santa Clara, in the southern part of the county, has its source in the northern part of Los Angeles county; its length is about fifty miles. The Santa Inez, running almost due west and emptying into the Pacific ocean near the northern line of Santa Barbara county, is about seventy miles in length, and is fed by innumerable streams.

SANTA MARIA OR CUYAMA RIVER.-This river has its source in the eastern portion of Santa Barbara county, and forms the western line of that county for almost one hundred miles in its serpentine course in a direct westerly line to the Pacific ocean, where it empties at the Bay of San Louis. It is not a navigable stream.

CARMEL AND SAN JOSE RIVERS.-These two rivers have their source in Saint Lucia mountains, a chain of the Coast Range, in Monterey county. They are each about fourteen miles in length. Running northwest, they empty into the Pacific at Carmel bay, four miles south of the town of Monterey, in Monterey county. They are not navigable.

SALINAS RIVER.-This is the only stream of any im

portance west of the Santa Inez to this point. Its source is in the rugged Santa Barbara mountains, in the lower end of San Louis Obispo county, through the corner of which it passes in a northwesterly course the entire length of the county, thence through the centre of Monterey county to the Bay of Monterey and the Pacific ocean, where it finds an outlet. Its course for its entire length of about two hundred miles is along the coast line about fifty miles from the ocean; it is fed by numerous streams which water the fertile Salinas valley.

PAJARO RIVER.-This stream has its source in the southern section of the Mount Diablo mountains, in the southern part of Santa Clara county, running almost west. It forms the boundary line between the counties of Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, and Monterey. It is about forty miles in length, and empties into Monterey bay about twenty miles south of the town of Santa Cruz. It is not navigable.

The San Felipe is considerable of a stream, having its source in Santa Clara county, and emptying into the Pajaro river.

San Benito river has its source about the middle of Monterey county, running parallel with the ocean northwest for sixty miles; it empties into the Pajaro fourteen miles from its mouth.

SAN LORENZO RIVER.-The San Lorenzo is the only river in Santa Cruz county. It has its origin in the Coast Range, and runs south a distance of about fifteen miles and directly south of the town of Santa Cruz, where it empties into the Pacific ocean. From this point northward along Santa Cruz, San Mateo, and crossing

the Golden Gate, thence the length of Marin county, there is not a stream of any note until reaching a third of the length of Sonoma county.

RUSSIAN RIVER.-This river rushes down in considerable volume through the rugged peaks and cañons of the Coast Range; its source is midway in the county of Mendocino, and it is fed by a number of streams. For seventy miles its course is almost due south, when, at a point in Sonoma county, six miles from the northern corner of Napa county, it turns suddenly toward the west; passing through the centre of Sonoma county, it dashes in serpentine course through gulches of the Coast Range until it empties into the Pacific ocean. Westward from this point, for almost three degrees of latitude, along the northern half of Sonoma county, all of Mendocino county, and the southern half of Humboldt county, the whole coast line is indented with small rivers and creeks, none of which are of any importance; Wallahalliu, in Sonoma county, and Nevarro, Albion, Grande, and Noyo, in Mendocino county, and Mattole and Bear rivers, in Humboldt county, being the chief ones, none of which are navigable.

EEL RIVER.-The source of this river is in the Coast Range, in the centre of Mendocino county, more than one hundred and twenty miles from where it reaches the Pacific ocean. Hundreds of streams pour down the gulches and through the forests to join it on its course, making Mendocino and Humboldt counties through which they flow the best-watered sections of the State. The course of the Eel river is directly northwest, following the course of the coast, about twenty-five miles from the ocean, until it empties into the Pacific five miles south