... sea. The more importantare the Santa Clara, the Los Angeles and San Gabriel, the Santa Ana, the SantaMargarita, the San Luis Rey, the SanBernardo, the San Diego, and, on the Mexican border, the ... Californianssay, the bed of the river gets on top), butmost of them can be used for artificialirrigation. In the lowlands water issufficiently near the surface to moisten the soil, which is broken and ... sufficient moisture for the crops; the mesa, if sown and cultivatedafter the annual rains, matures grain and corn, and sustains vines and fruit-trees. Itis singular that the first settlers shouldnever...