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lanches and bowlder-beds Ascent by the arroyo Growth 

 of the stream Kising banks Waterfalls Gorges As- 

 cent by the ridges The chaparral Home of the grizzly 

 Eidge trails Among the live-oaks Birds and deer 

 Yawning canyons Canyon streams Snow Water wear 

 The pines Barrancas and escarpments Under the 

 pines Bushes, ferns, and mosses Mountain quail In- 

 digo jays Warblers The mountain air The dwarf 

 pines The summit The look upward at the sky The 

 dark-blue dome White light Distant views The Pa- 

 cific Southern California The garden in the desert 

 Reclaiming the valleys Nature's fight against fertility 

 The desert from the mountain top The great extent of 

 desert- The fateful wilderness All shall perish The 

 death of worlds The desert the beginning of the end 

 Development through adversity Sublimity of the 

 waste Desolation and silence Good-night to the 

 desert.. . 213 



