Letters to a Friend 



the Yosemite trail, about midway between 

 Mariposa and the valley. The trail leading 

 through the groves leaves the Yosemite trail 

 at Mr. Clark's, where you can obtain all neces 

 sary directions, etc. It is not many years since 

 this grove was discovered. The sequoias so 

 often described and so well known throughout 

 the world belong to the Calaveras grove. The 

 Mariposa grove has a much larger number of 

 trees than the Calaveras, and it is in all the 

 majesty and grandeur of nature undisturbed. 



You will likely make the journey from Mari 

 posa to the valley in two days. No member of 

 your company need be afraid of this mountain 

 ride, as you will be provided with sure-footed 

 horses accustomed to the journey and an ex 

 perienced guide. 



Most persons visiting the sequoia grove spend 

 only a few hours in it and depart without seeing 

 a single tree, for the chiefest glories of these 

 mountain kings are wholly invisible to hasty 

 or careless observers. I hope you may be able 

 to spend a good long time in worship amid the 

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