ESSAY UPON REDWOOD, 



[Specially written for " Redwood and Lumbering in California Forests," by 

 Dr. A. KELLOGG, of the California Academy of Sciences.] 



Confronted by a Redwood forest, our powers of adequate 

 description pale before these mighty monarchs of the far 

 western wilds gloaming mountain slopes, rich river bottoms, 

 or marching in solid phalanx adown the deep glen so dreary; 

 anon, striding, another Atlas, up to heaven's gate, they chal- 

 lenge the stormy height, as it were, careering under bare 

 poles, whilom chanting sublimer patriotic songs " For our 

 flag, it was still there ! " Who can duly appreciate all their 

 mighty magnificence, mounting up among the thick boughs, 

 where also the eagle maketh her nest on high, the bird of 

 freedom gathereth under her shadow! all the grandeur of 

 their vast dimensions dimmed by distance, whether we look 

 towards the lofty empyrean or far away after their high hori- 

 zon ! Redwoods of most enormous proportions, 200 to 350 feet 

 high by 10 to 20 feet or more in diameter, towering the grand 

 trio ! sentineled our entrance of the Golden Gate in August, 

 1849; they then also lined the immediate Pacific Coast of 

 California, from San Luis Obispo or near the northern bound- 



