In the Sierra 



but the height of the building itself above 

 the level of the ridge it stands on is about 

 fifteen hundred feet. A mile or so to the 

 westward there is a handsome lake, and the 

 glacier-polished granite about it is shining so 

 brightly it is not easy in some places to trace 



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FRONT OF CATHEDRAL PEAK 



the line between the rock and water, both 

 shining alike. Of this lake with its silvery 

 basin and bits of meadow and groves I have 

 a fine view from the spires ; also of Lake Te- 

 naya, Cloud's Rest, and the South Dome of 

 Yosemite, Mt. Starr King, Mt. Hoffman, 



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