The western slope of the foothills of the San Jacinto, San Bernardino, San Gabriel, Zaca Lake and Pine Mountain, and Santa Ynez reserves, are clad only in chaparral, yet the preservation of these hillsides from fire is of vital importance to the people, since the mantle of vegetation protects, to a certain degree, the sources of the streams from which the supply of water is derived.

Going thence by rail north to Santa Barbara, I inspected the narrow strip of the Santa Ynez Reserve, and the eastern and western sections of the Zaca Lake and Pine Mountain Reserve.

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (PWH); 8May68; R434978. GHIRARDELLI, YNEZ.

Ynez Ghirardelli (A); 18Apr68; R434059.

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (PWH); 8May68; R434978. GHIRARDELLI, YNEZ.

Ynez Ghirardelli (A); 18Apr68; R434059.

San Miguel, Santa Ynez and San Luis Obispo.

Another Mission was on this road, Santa Ynez, situated in a beautiful place but apparently in decay, for the men had gone to the mines, leaving the Indians, women, and dogs as in other places.