STEEP TRAILS 



wrinkled as unequal erosion roughened its 

 bed, and brought the highest peaks and ridges 

 above the surface^ then a land of lakes, an 

 almost continuous sheet of water stretching 

 from the Sierra to the Wahsatch, adorned with 

 innumerable island mountains; then a slow 

 desiccation and decay to present conditions 

 of sage and sand. 



