ONE LIVING ONE DEAD 



years, its height about 200 feet. It is in 

 perfect health. 



Further up the Merced River, close to 

 the bank on the north side, you will find 

 a stately sugar pine, the tree that has been 

 preserved through the changing, as it 

 were, of the main current of the river. 

 This tree is fully nine feet in diameter, 

 it is more than 200 feet tall, and its age 

 I put at about the same as the yellow pine 

 just referred to. In this case an excellent 

 opportunity for making the comparison 

 as to its age can be obtained from a sister 

 tree, the stump of which can be found 

 about 200 feet further up the stream, on 

 the same side of the river. This sister 

 tree was cut down and thrown into the 

 stream and used as a dam in order that 

 the cutting of the bank might be stopped, 

 and the tree first referred to saved. 



A magnificent cedar growing in the 

 village of Yosemite has been built around 

 in the erection of a cottage, the massive 



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