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decisions Appeal to Supreme Court Cleve- 

 land's intervention Harlan's decision 

 5. Obstacle of debt Mrs. Stanford's anxiety 

 Putting Stanford into the California Constitu- 

 tion A valuable burden The Jewel Fund 



Efforts to legalize a last will and testament 

 A cold opinion Forlorn hope Rigid econ- 

 omies Blanket deeds Unflinching devotion 



A sacred trust 



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1. Need of a new residence The "woodpecker 

 tree" The orchard Our friends the quails 



Other feathered tenants Some monkey 

 folk Maternal yearnings A simian Mazeppa 



Loro Bonito A difficult accomplishment 

 Coloratura duets Furry invaders 



2. Save the Redwoods The Big Basin statute 



California Redwood Park The Pinnacles 

 Reserve Lake Tahoe Desolation Valley 

 and Heather Lake The Tahoe dyke Up 

 and over Rockbound Circuit of Lake Tahoe 



The Bret Harte country Plumas County 



Lassen's Butte 



3. An inclusive memoir on American fishes Good 

 helpers University extension "The Physi- 

 cal Basis of Heredity" Collecting at Mazatlan 



New friends A nightmare Love and 

 science Ygnacio Our gringo Colorado A 

 paradise of birds Good talkers Hidden 

 treasure Ygnacio's escopete 



4. The Pioneers graduate The Yellowstone again 



Mountain chipmunks The Devil's Wood- 

 pile A national university Hoyt's efforts 

 Opportunities for research Influential advo- 

 cates Argument before the Senate Real 

 scholars not partisan Discussions pro and con 



Faction in science Election as president 

 After the great fire Natural History groups 



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