versiloba_. _See_ Ivy, poison.

Robin, 173, 174, 218.

Rye, wild, 226.

Sandy, David Brown's dog, 27, 28, 30.

Saxifrage, giant (_Saxifraga peltata_), 35.

Sedge, 34, 35.

Seeds, 68.

_Sequoia gigantea_, 93;
grove of, 260, 261.

Shadows, of leaves, 59;
substantial looking, 233.

Sheep, Mr. Delaney's flock, 5, 8, 9, 11, 61, 64, 86, 87, 256,
263, 264;
rate of travel, 7;
camping, 10;
poisoned by azalea, 22;
profitable, 22;
hoofed locusts, 56, 86;
stray, 57;
destructiveness of, 97, 195;
crossing a creek, 111-14;
have poor brain stuff, 114;
raided by bears, 191, 192, 194;
afraid of getting wet, 201, 202, 255.

Shepherd, degrading life of the Californian, 23;
in Scotland, 24;
the oriental, 24;
bed and food, 80, 81.

Slate, metamorphic, 6, 8, 14, 34.

Smith's Mill, 262.

Soda Springs, 201, 229, 253.

South Dome, 122, 129.

Sparrows, 251.

Spiders, 53.

Spruce, Douglas, 93.

Squirrel, California gray, 69, 70.

Squirrel, Douglas, 18, 68-70, 96, 168.

_Stropholirion Californicum_. _See_ Lily, twining.

Sunrise, in the Yosemite, 124.

Sunset, 53.

Tamarack Creek, 100, 102, 106.

Tamarack Flat, 90, 259.

Tea, 80, 82.

Telepathy, strange case of, 178-91.

Tenaya, Yosemite chief, 165.

Tenaya Creek, 156.

Three Brothers, 207.

Thunder, in the mountains, 122, 123, 125.

Tissiack. _See_ Half-Dome.

Tourists, 98, 104, 190.

Trees and storm, 144.

Tuolumne Camp, 232-53.

Tuolumne Meadows, 198, 199.

Vaccinium, dwarf, 218.

_Veratrum Californicum_, 93, 94.

Vernal Fall, 182, 183, 187, 188, 207.

Volcanic cones, 228.

Water, music of, 21, 49, 97, 106.

Waterfalls, 34, 36, 47, 106, 118-20, 132, 187, 188, 223, 224.

Water ouzel, 106, 107, 223.

Waycup, 173.

Weather, in the mountains, 36, 39, 56, 61, 67, 73, 235, 237,
241, 245.

Willow, dwarf, 217.

Wind, at night, 21, 220.

Woodchuck (_Arctomys monax_), 154, 172, 173.

Wrens, story of a pair, 170.

Yosemite Creek, 104, 107, 109, 118, 150, 154, 258.

Yosemite Valley, 102, 104, 106, 107, 115-48, 187;
a nerve-trying experience in, 118-20;
sunrise in, 124;
thunder storm, 124, 12