In the Sierra 



the rock in some places is still grooved 

 and polished ; the lapping of the waves 

 and their disintegrating action have not as 

 yet obliterated even the superficial marks 

 of glaciation. In climbing the steepest pol- 

 ished places I had to take off shoes and 





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VIEW OF TENAYA LAKE SHOWING CATHEDRAL PEAK 



stockings. A fine region this for study of 

 glacial action in mountain-making. I found 

 many charming plants : arctic daisies, phlox, 

 white spiraea, bryanthus, and rock-ferns, 

 pellaea, cheilanthes, allosorus, fringing 

 weathered seams all the way up to the 



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