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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



FOREST SERVICE 

 TAHOE NATIONAL FOR18T 



A Quiver from tho Tahoo 



The depth of onow on Shasta 's hills 



In 31ms ta 1 s mon greet foar instils; 

 When out they 50 to count tho trees, 



They talre vrith them their twolve foot sklie. 

 Or lacking skill rrlth these to troad, 



They get the humble webs instead. 

 Treading hard, a s outre a day, 



They scale tho troeo upon their way. 

 And out through all tho District rrldo 



They scatter broad their smiles of prido, 

 Say they^ve done what ne'er'd boon planned 



On any Forest in this wide land. 

 They pcce a mile within a rod, 



And find all cornero, Yes by - - -.'.'.' 

 W ith D. 3. H. anrl logs per troo, 



They get tho volume one, tv;o, throe. 

 Paint end TOrn.TTith hunger scant 



Up those hills they hc.ve to pant; 

 Their grub's no good they'd gladly dine 



On such poor fare as bad pitch pine, 

 Those Men of Shasta". 



But further south they manage to do 



Without the eld of s'cli or shoe; 

 Vfith cowhide boot our Tahoo treads 



O'er snow that Si.asta fears and dreads; 

 Cold foot at night are not the kind, 



On other forests you often find. 

 We count the seedlings, we caliper brueh, 



Correct the Geology in all the slush, 

 77e see each sapling covered trith onoTT, 



And carefully fi.rure how fast it trill prow. 

 We examine the soil, and number the stocl: 



Thet will fooC. and fatten on each tract of roclc. 

 Our coolring's the best, you'll understand, 



Per e&ch of our boys is a dextrous hand 

 At all tho things, from H 1 to Heaven 



Pound in our Bible, Page 27 - - - 

 "THE LEU OP TAEOS". 



And so my friend, you'll plainly see, 

 That all things aint what they seem to be 

 And first or last you'll find it true, 

 That under the sun there's nothing new. 



