, kalmia, alkali, all are accounted for. Of the
two thousand and fifty that left the corral in the spring lean and weak,
two thousand and twenty-five have returned fat and strong. The losses
are: ten killed by bears, one by a rattlesnake, one that had to be
killed after it had broken its leg on a boulder slope, and one that ran
away in blind terror on being accidentally separated from the
flock,--thirteen all told. Of the other twelve doomed never to return,
three were sold to ranchmen and nine were made camp mutton.

Here ends my forever memorable first High Sierra excursion. I have
crossed the Range of Light, surely the brightest and best of all the
Lord has built; and rejoicing in its glory, I gladly, gratefully,
hopefully pray I may see it again.

THE END

INDEX

_Abies concolor_ and _magnifica_. _See_ Fir, silver.

Abronia, 228.

_Adenostoma fasciculata_, 14, 19, 20.

_Adiantum Chilense_, 17.

Alpenglow, 220.

Alvord, Gen. Benjamin, 183, 185, 186.

Animals, domestic, afraid of bears, 107, 108.

Animals, wild, in the Merced Valley, 43;
clean, 18, 79;
man-eaters, 211, 212.

Antone, Portuguese shepherd, 209, 210.

Ants, 8, 43-47;
bite of, 46.

_Arctomys monax_. _See_ Woodchuck.

_Arctostaphylos pungens_. _See_ Manzanita.

Avalanches, 216, 217.

Azalea, "sheep poison," 22.

_Azalea occidentalis_, 20.

Baccharis, 20.

Beans, as food, 81.

Bear, cinnamon, adventure with, 134-37.

Bear-hunting, 28-30.

Bears, favorite feeding-grounds of, 28, 29;
fond of ants, 46;
fear of, 107, 108;
very shy in Sierra, 108;
raid sheep camps, 191, 192, 194, 207, 209, 210, 211.

Billy, Mr. Delaney's shepherd, 6, 61, 62, 75, 80, 146, 147;
his everlasting clothing, 129, 130;
afraid of bears, 191, 193;
quarrels with Mr. Delaney, 205.

Birds, 68, 96;
in the Merced Valley, 50, 65-67;
water ouzel, 106, 107, 223;
wrens, 170;
on Mount Hoffman, 173-77;
sparrows on Cathedral Peak, 251.

Bloody Canon, 214;
origin of name, 215.

Bluebottle fly, 139.

Borer, 169.

Boulders, in streams, 47-49;
near Tamarack Creek, 100, 101.

Bower Cascade, 224.

Bower Cave, a marble palace, 25, 26, 262, 263.

Bread, famine, 75-85;
effects of the want of, 76, 77;
sheep-camp, 82, 8