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Speckled and rainbow trout dart in the 

 streams. Mountain sheep climb and pose on the 

 crags; bear, deer, and mountain lions are still 

 occasionally seen prowling the woods or hurry- 

 ing across the meadows. The wise coyote is also 

 occasionally seen darting under cover, and he is 

 frequently heard during the night. Here among 

 the evergreens is found that wee and audacious 

 bit of intensely interesting and animated life, the 

 Fremont squirrel, and also, one of the dearest of 

 all small animals, the merry chipmunk. Within 

 this territory are a number of beaver colonies, 

 whose ways I have described in earlier chapters. 



The entire region is a wild-flower garden. 

 Bloom-time lasts all summer long. The scores 

 of streams which splash down from the snows 

 are fringed with ferns and blossoms. There are 

 many areas petalled with red, blue, purple, and 

 gold. Difference of altitude, topography, and 

 moisture-distribution induce nearly a thousand 

 varieties to bloom in and to color this glad wild 

 garden. July is white with Mariposa lilies. Wild 

 roses, sweet peas, daisies, tiger lilies, violets, 

 orchids, primroses, fringed blue gentians give 



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