304 Recreations of a Sportsman 



giants, yet they are interesting. In all prob- 

 ability one of the most striking is the Grizzly 

 Giant. This tree has branches over one hundred 

 or more feet from the ground that are themselves 

 larger th'an any trees found in many parts of 

 the world. 



This splendid masterpiece, doubtless four or 

 five thousand years old, stands in a well-wooded 

 forest of other trees that form a rich green al- 

 cove about it, bringing its rugged shape into high 

 relief, and one can glance down long arcades of 

 green into other forests, and the impression 

 grows upon one that these other trees have 

 grouped about the master to protect it and shut 

 it in. But nothing could hide this gigantic 

 column, that seems to preserve its size as it rises 

 and to have thrown out a forest of gigantic trees 

 high in air as branches, any one of which would 

 make a giant if standing in the forest. 



This splendid grove or forest of giants is the 

 portal to an angler's paradise. By it you pass 

 to reach the Merced and the Tuolumne, two 

 beautiful rivers that flow through scenes of such 

 majesty and profound interest that they have 

 attracted the people of the world. 



So, if you care not for scenery and are only 

 an unimaginative angler, certainly a rarity, take 

 your rod and fish in the Merced or the Tuolumne, 

 and while playing a trout you will catch glimpses 

 of regions that every man should see before he dies. 



