CONTENTS 



lanches and bowlder-beds Ascent by the arroyo Growth 

 of the stream Rising banks Waterfalls Gorges As- 

 cent by the ridges The chaparral Home of the grizzly 



Ridge trails Among the live-oaks Birds and deer 

 Yawning canyons Canyon streams Snow Water wear 



The pines Barrancas and escarpments Under the 

 pines Bushes, ferns, and mosses Mountain- quail In- 

 digo jays Warblers The mountain air The dwarf 

 pines The summit The look upward at the sky The 

 dark-blue dome White light Distant views The Pa- 

 cific Southern California The garden in the desert 

 Reclaiming the valleys Nature's fight against fertility 

 The desert from the mountain top The great extent of 

 desert The fateful wilderness All shall perish The 

 death of worlds The desert the beginning of the end 



Development through adversity Sublimity of the 

 waste Desolation and silence Good-night to the 

 desert . . .213 



