THE YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK 264

_From the United States Geological Survey_

FROM SKETCHES MADE BY THE AUTHOR IN 1869

HORSESHOE BEND, MERCED RIVER 14

ON SECOND BENCH. EDGE OF THE MAIN FOREST
BELT, ABOVE COULTERVILLE, NEAR GREELEY'S
MILL 14

CAMP, NORTH FORK OF THE MERCED 38

MOUNTAIN LIVE OAK (_Quercus chrysolepis_), EIGHT
FEET IN DIAMETER 38

SUGAR PINE 50

DOUGLAS SQUIRREL OBSERVING BROTHER MAN 68

DIVIDE BETWEEN THE TUOLUMNE AND THE MERCED,
BELOW HAZEL GREEN 86

TRACK OF SINGING DANCING GRASSHOPPER IN THE
AIR OVER NORTH DOME 140

ABIES MAGNIFICA (MOUNT CLARK, TOP OF SOUTH
DOME, MOUNT STARR KING) 142

ILLUSTRATING GROWTH OF NEW PINE FROM BRANCH
BELOW THE BREAK OF AXIS OF SNOW-CRUSHED
TREE 144

APPROACH OF DOME CREEK TO YOSEMITE 150

JUNIPERS IN TENAYA CANYON 164

VIEW OF TENAYA LAKE SHOWING CATHEDRAL PEAK 196

ONE OF THE TRIBUTARY FOUNTAINS OF THE TUOLUMNE
CANYON WATERS, ON THE NORTH SIDE OF
THE HOFFMAN RANGE 196

GLACIER MEADOW, ON THE HEADWATERS OF THE
TUOLUMNE, 9500 FEET ABOVE THE SEA 204

MONO LAKE AND VOLCANIC CONES, LOOKING SOUTH 228

HIGHEST MONO VOLCANIC CONES (NEAR VIEW) 228

ONE OF THE HIGHEST MOUNT RITTER FOUNTAINS 240

GLACIER MEADOW STREWN WITH MORAINE BOULDERS,
10,000 FEET ABOVE THE SEA (NEAR MOUNT
DANA) 248

FRONT OF CATHEDRAL PEAK 248

VIEW OF UPPER TUOLUMNE VALLEY 252

MY FIRST SUMMER IN THE SIERRA

CHAPTER I

THROUGH THE FOOTHILLS WITH A FLOCK OF S