My First Summer 



and so the country is not half so lean as it 

 looks. There we '11 go and stay until the 

 snow is melted from the upper country." 



I was glad to hear that the high snow 

 made a stay in the Yosemite region neces- 

 sary, for I am anxious to see as much of 

 it as possible. What fine times I shall have 

 sketching, studying plants and rocks, and 

 scrambling about the brink of the great 

 valley alone, out of sight and sound of 

 camp ! 



We saw another party of Yosemite tour- 

 ists to-day. Somehow most of these travelers 

 seem to care but little for the glorious 

 objects about them, though enough to spend 

 time and money and endure long rides to 

 see the famous valley. And when they are 

 fairly within the mighty walls of the tem- 

 ple and hear the psalms of the falls, they 

 will forget themselves and become devout. 

 Blessed, indeed, should be every pilgrim in 

 these holy mountains! 



We moved slowly eastward along the 



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