My First Summer 



them are bearing cones, and the noisy Clarke 

 crow is eating the seeds, using his long bill 

 like a woodpecker in digging them out of 

 the cones. A good many flowers are still in 

 bloom about the base of the peak, and even 

 on the roof among the little pines, especially 

 a woody yellow-flowered eriogonum and a 

 handsome aster. The body of the Cathe- 

 dral is nearly square, and the roof slopes are 

 wonderfully regular and symmetrical, the 

 ridge trending northeast and southwest. This 

 direction has apparently been determined by 

 structure joints in the granite. The gable on 

 the northeast end is magnificent in size and 

 simplicity, and at its base there is a big snow- 

 bank protected by the shadow of the build- 

 ing. The front is adorned with many pinna- 

 cles and a tall spire of curious workmanship. 

 Here too the joints in the rock are seen 

 to have played an important part in deter- 

 mining their forms and size and general 

 arrangement. The Cathedral is said to be 

 about eleven thousand feet above the sea, 



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