Chapter 9

But to tell of all the curious things nature has to show us in California,--of the forests of petrified trees, of the caverns cut out of the ocean cliffs by restless waves, or of those in the mountains or the Modoc lava-beds,--well, you will see most of them, let us hope, in your vacations. A large book might be given to the wonderful sights of this great state, and it may be your fortune to visit and so always remember a few we have named.

PRONOUNCING VOCABULARY

Alta (äl´-ta). Amador (am´-a-dore). Alvarado (al-va-rä´-do). Ayala (ä-yä´-la). Bernal (ber-nal´). Bodega (bo-d[=a]´-ga). Cabrillo (ka-breel´-yo). Calaveras (kal-a-v[=a]´-ras). Carmel (kar´-mel). Castro (kas´-tro). Cortes (kor´-tez). Coloma (ko-lo´-ma). Diegueño (de-[=a]-gw[=a]n´-yo). Farallones (f[)a]r´-a-lones). Figueroa (fi-gwa-ro´-a). Franciscan (fran-cis´-can). Galvez (gal´-ves). Gringos (gring´-gos). Guerrero (gur-r[=a]´-ro). Junipero Serra (h[=u]-nip´-er-o ser´-ra). Klamath (klam´-eth). Los Angeles (los an´-ga-lees). Marin (ma-rin´). Mariposa (mar-e-po´-sa). Martinez (mar-tee´-nes). Mechoopdas (me-choop´-das). Mission Dolores (mis´-sion do-l[=o]r´-es). Modocs (mo´-docs). Monterey (mon-ta-ray´). Noe (no´-a). Ortega (or-t[=a]´-ga). Pacheco (pä-ch[=a]´-ko). Padres (pa´-drays). Palou (pa´-loo). Pio Pico (pe´-o pe´-ko). Placerville (pl[)a]s´-er-vil). Point Reyes (rays). Pomos (po´-mos). Portola (por-to´-la). San Antonio (san an-t[=o]-ni-[=o]). Sanchez (san´-ches). San Carlos (san kar´-l[=o]s). San Diego (san de-[=a]´-go). San Fernando (san fer-nan´-do). San Francisco (san fran-cis´-co). San Gabriel (san ga-brell´). San Jacinto (san ha-sin´-to). San Joaquin (san waw-keen´). San Jose (san ho-say´). San Juan Bautista (san wawn ba-tis´-ta). San Juan Capistrano (san wawn kap-is-tra´-no). San Luis Obispo (san loo-is o-bis´-po). San Miguel (san mig-gell´). Santa Barbara (san´-ta bar´-ba-ra). Santa Catalina (san´-ta kat-a-lee´-na). Santa Cruz (san´-ta krooz). Santa Lucia (san´-ta loo-she´-a). Santa Ysabel (san´-ta [=e]´-sa-bel). Santa Ynez (san´-ta e´-nes). Sausalito (saw-sa-lee´-to). Sierras (see-er´-ras). Siskiyous (sis´-ke-yous). Sonoma (so-no´-ma). Sutter (s[)u]t´-ter). Tahoe (tä´-ho). Tamalpais (tarm´-el-pies). Tenaya (te-ni´-ya). Tulare (too-lar´-ee). Tuolumne (too-ol´-um-ee). Ukiah (u-ki´-ah). Vallejo (väl-y[=a]´-ho). Viscaino (vees-kä-e´-no). Wawona (wa-wo´-na). Yerba Buena (yer´-ba bw[=a]´-na). Yosemite (yo sem´-e-tee).

abalone (ab-a-lo´-nee). adobe (a-do´-bee). alcalde (al-kal´-day). arrastra (ar-ras´-tra). burro (boo´-ro). cañon (can´-yon). carne seca (kar´-n[=a] s[=a]´-ka). cascarone (kas-ka-ro´-na). chaparral (shap-per-ral´). coyote (ki-o´-tee). corral (kor-ral´). debris (day-bree´). el toro (el to´-ro). fandango (fan-dang´-go). frijoles (free-yo´-lays). galleon (gal´-le-on). madroño (ma-dron´-yo). manzanita (man-zan-ee´-ta). mantilla (man-tee´-ya). mahala (ma-ha´-la). mesa (m[=a]´-sa). mustangs (mus´-tangs), presidio (pr[=a]-se´-de-o). pueblos (p[=u]-[=a]´-blos), ranche (ransh). rancheria (ran-sha-ree´-a). rodeos (ro-da´-os). senora (s[=a]n-yo´-ra). senoritas (s[=a]n-yor-ee´-tas). sombrero (som-br[=a]´-ro). sequoias (see-kwoy´-as). serape (ser-ä´-pay). teredo (te-r[=e]´-do). temescal (tem-es-kal´). tortillas (tor-tee´-yas). tule (too´-lee). vaqueros (vä-ka´-ros).