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Sierra, however, they seem to prefer homes and 

 hiding-places in chaparral and beneath shelving 

 precipices, as I have never seen their tracks in any 

 of the caves. This is the more remarkable because 

 notwithstanding the darkness and oozing water 

 there is nothing uncomfortably cellar-like or sepul 

 chral about them. 



When we emerged into the bright landscapes of 

 the sun everything looked brighter, and we felt our 

 faith in Nature's beauty strengthened, and saw more 

 clearly that beauty is universal and immortal, 

 above, beneath, on land and sea, mountain and 

 plain, in heat and cold, light and darkness. 



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