THE STREETS OF THE MOUNTAINS 



for the merely idle or sportsmanly or sci- 

 entific; but for seeing and understanding, 

 the best time is when you have the longest 

 leave to stay. And here is a hint if you 

 would attempt the stateliest approaches ; 

 travel light, and as much as possible live 

 off the land. Mulligatawny soup and 

 tinned lobster will not bring you the favor 

 of the woodlanders. 



Every canon commends itself for some 

 particular pleasantness ; this for pines, an- 

 other for trout, one for pure bleak beauty 

 of granite buttresses, one for its far-flung 

 irised falls ; and as I say, though some are 

 easier going, leads each to the cloud shoul- 

 dering citadel. First, near the canon mouth 

 you get the low-heading full-branched, 

 one-leaf pines. That is the sort of tree 

 to know at sight, for the globose, resin- 

 dripping cones have palatable, nourishing 

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