A GEOT.OCTST'S WINTICU WATJC 



when all Mio prirKiipal dividing ctohI-h w(to 

 !)aro; and its d(rpl,h wan iiol- less Mian fifjcu^n 

 liuiidnMl Uh\{,. I(;(!-Hir(!arnH from Mounl-H l>.y(:li 

 and Dana, and all tho niountainH Ixitweon, jukI 

 from ilui ncijiHT ( !aMi('(lni,l Wnk, flowj^d liiMicr, 

 W(^ld(;d into ono, and worked to^;(;l,h(T. Alter 

 (ifodinp; UiIh ^(uiaya I^ako bawin, Jind all Uio 

 Hplondidly Hculptunid rockn niid TriouniairiH 

 that, surround and adorn it, and ili(5 f!;r('al, 

 Tcnaya ('anon, wil-li iUs w<^allJi of all lJi;il, 

 makes mountainH Hublimo, tli(\y wvro, vjiMcd 

 with the vaHt, South, l>y(5ll, and Jllilou(!tt(5 

 gla(;i(TH on (mo Kid(;, and with thoH(? of Iloffman 

 on Uio ()th(!r - ihuH forminp; a portion of a yot 

 grander mer dc (/lace in Yowiinito Valley. 



I r(!aehed the Tenjiya Omum, on my way 

 home, by coming in from the northc^aHt, nirn- 

 bling down over the shoulderH of Mount Wat- 

 kins, touching!; bottom a mile above Mirror 

 liake, l*Vom thence; home was but a Haunter 

 in th(! moonlight. 



After resting one day, and the weather con- 

 tinuinp; ealm, I ran uy) ov(t the; left hIiouMct of 

 South Dome and down in front of its KJ^and 

 Hplit face to make Home meaHurcimenin, (;om- 

 pleted my work, climbed to tlie rip;ht nhoulder, 

 Htruck off nJonp; tlu; ridp;(! for ('loud'n RcHt, n,nd 

 r(!a(;hed tlu; topmost h(;av(5 of her sunny wave 

 in am[)le tiiru; to see the; HUUHct. 

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