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meadows, 237-240; as camp- 

 ing-places, 240-245. 



Parks, National. See National 

 Parks. 



Penn, William, 329. 



Pika, or cony, no, in, 344. 



Pike, Zcbulon M., 301. 



Pike's Peak, situation, 295; alti- 

 tude, 295; accessibility, 295, 

 296; view, 296; characteristics, 

 297; attractions, 297-300; his- 

 tory, 301, 302; climate, 302- 

 305; summit, 305; life zones, 

 305, 306; bird-life, 306, 307; 

 big game, 307; wild flowers 

 and trees, 308, 309; geology, 



309. 3i°- 



Pillars of Hercules, 300. 



Pine, limber, 61-63. 



Pine, lodge-pole, 125, 126, 140; 

 extension of area, 211; seed- 

 ing, 21 1-2 13; spread depend- 

 ent upon fire, 213; elements of 

 success, 214; a forest pioneer, 

 218,219; hoarding of seed, 219, 

 220; rapidity of growth, 220, 

 221; overgrown cones, 221- 

 223; fruitfulness, 223; release 

 of seeds, 223; character of 

 stands, 224; giving way to 

 other species, 225; dependence 

 upon fire, 225, 226; range, 226. 



Pine, pitch, 214. 



Pine, short-leaved (Pinus Mon- 

 tezuma), 59. 



Pine, Western yellow, two 

 stumps, 125, 126; a good fire- 

 fighter, 129; preserved by fire, 

 140. 



Porcupine, 270. 



Prospect Dome, 300. 



Ptarmigan, 102, 113, 114; in the 

 winter snows, 271, 272; food, 

 272. 



Rabbit, snowshoe, 344. 



Rabbits, 270. 



Rats, mountain, 137. 



Redwood, 128,1 130; a forest- 

 fire record, 131-133. 



Rocky Mountain National Park, 

 location, area, and topography, 

 335. 336; geology, 337~34o; 

 forests, 341, 342; wild flowers, 

 342, 343; animal life, 343~345: 

 roads and trails, 345; streams, 

 346; climate, 346; scenery, 

 346-350; lakes, 350, 351; ac- 

 cessibility, 352; visitors, 352, 



353- 

 Rocky Mountains, Colorado, 

 scenery of, 313, 314. 



St. Vrain Moraine, 339, 349, 

 350. 



San Cristoval Lake, 157. 



San Juan Mountains, and return 

 horses, 170, 171. 



Scenery, of the Rocky Moun- 

 tains, 313, 314; conservation 

 and destruction, 314-331; in 

 the United States, 316, 317, 

 321, 322; a judicial decision, 

 324-326; and forestry, 327- 

 329; literary and official re- 

 cognition, 329, 330. 



Schneider, Dr. Edward C, 

 quoted, 303-305. 



Seven Lakes, 309. 



Sheep, mountain, 64; a flock de- 

 scending a mountain, 23-28; 

 as acrobats, 24; fable as to 



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