gigantea forest, and in close companionship with these giants are others 

 of sugar pine some of them 300 feet to the topmost cone. The entire 

 country about Wawona is richly wooded and watered, containing besides 

 those already mentioned fine groves of redwoods, douglas spruce, white 

 cedar, pitch pine, oaks, laurels, buckeye, manzanita, madrona, lilac, 

 dogwood, syringas and azaleas. Such a forest mountain land, with 

 abundant living water, ought to offer sport to huntsman and angler, and 

 this one does so in ample measure. It has unrivaled scenic beauty, 



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woodland lakes and tarns, bubbling trout streams, inspiring waterfalls, 

 and everywhere fish and game. The extensive strictly gun-preserved 

 Yosemite Valley and Big Tree grove are no doubt to some extent 

 feeders, by game overflow, to the surrounding country, adding to its 

 sporting wealth. Bear can be found by those desirous of such acquain- 

 tance; deer are reasonably plentiful; quail abundant, and the same is 

 true of wild pigeons and the smaller game birds and squirrels, and trout 

 in large variety. A visit to the nearby Yosemite Valley (half a day's 



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