CONTENTS 



I. WILD WOOL . . , .. . ..; . 3 

 II. A GEOLOGIST'S WINTER WALK . . 19 



III. SUMMER DAYS AT MOUNT SHASTA . 29 



IV. A PERILOUS NIGHT ON SHASTA'S SUM- 

 MIT . . . . , . ... 57 



V. SHASTA RAMBLES AND MODOC MEMO- 

 RIES ........ 82 



VI. THE CITY OF THE SAINTS . . . 105 



VII. A GREAT STORM IN UTAH . . .114 



VIII. BATHING IN SALT LAKE . . . . 121 



IX. MORMON LILIES . . . . .126 



X. THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY . . .136 



XI. THE SAN GABRIEL MOUNTAINS . . 145 



XII. NEVADA FARMS ... . . . 154 



XIII. NEVADA FORESTS . . * . . 164 



XIV. NEVADA'S TIMBER BELT . . . .174 

 XV. GLACIAL PHENOMENA IN NEVADA . 184 



XVI. NEVADA'S DEAD TOWNS . . . .195 



XVII. PUGET SOUND . . . . . .204 



XVIII. THE FORESTS OF WASHINGTON . . 227 



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