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numbered 116 in his lists. This stump had no number on it, but from 

 the date of its cutting and its age of nearly 3,100 years, it is without 

 doubt the one he refers to. The tree was cut in the winter of 1874-75 

 for exhibition at the Centennial. The trunk was hollowed out and 

 prepared for transportation in pieces to Philadelphia, where it was 

 said to have been erected, making a sort of hut. In consequence of 

 the uneven surface left, it was very difficult to cut a sample from this 

 stump. However, one was at last secured, which is 12 feet long as it 

 lies on the table in the laboratory. 



No. 22 was Huntington's No. 195 and grew near the center of the 

 millsite. Its cutting was extremely easy and its cross-identification 

 with No. 23 and the other trees farther north proved entirely reliable. 



The location from which these two interesting trees were obtained 

 is at the very top of a ridge with a steep descent on the east to the 

 North Fork of the Middle Fork of the Tule River and a similar descent 

 on the west to the Tule Valley. The top of the ridge is several hundred 

 yards wide, with opportunity for considerable snow to collect there in 

 winter. It receives little drainage from any source. Just north of it 

 is Mount Moses, high and rugged, and to the south are high ridges 

 extending toward Bear Valley. 



All the sections obtained in these various trips were shipped to 

 Tucson, and four weeks of continuous work were spent in cross- 

 identification. All the identifications were satisfactory except the 

 year 1580, which was finally determined by the special trip in 1919. 

 The general method of measuring and marking these sections will be 

 found in the next chapter and the tabulation of averages at the back of 

 the book. Owing to the interest in these trees of remarkable size and 

 age, a list of the 23 collected in these two trips is given in table 5. 



