In the Sierra 



and rocks, in the waves of the sun, - -a part 

 of all nature, neither old nor young, sick nor 

 well, but immortal. Just now I can hardly 

 conceive of any bodily condition dependent 

 on food or breath any more than the ground 



n a 



ON SECOND BENCH. EDGE OF THE MAIN FOREST BELT, 

 ABOVE COULTERVILLE, NEAR GREELEY'S MILL 



or the sky. How glorious a conversion, so 

 complete and wholesome it is, scarce mem- 

 ory enough of old bondage days left as a 

 standpoint to view it from ! In this newness 

 of life we seem to have been so always. 



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