In the Sierra 



on his good behavior. With this plant the 

 whole world would seem rich though none 

 other existed. It is not easy to keep on with 

 the camp cloud while such plant people are 

 standing preaching by the wayside. 



During the afternoon we passed a fine 

 meadow bounded by stately pines, mostly the 

 arrowy yellow pine, with here and there a 

 noble sugar pine, its feathery arms outspread 

 above the spires of its companion species in 

 marked contrast ; a glorious tree, its cones 

 fifteen to twenty inches long, swinging like 

 tassels at the ends of the branches with su- 

 perb ornamental effect. Saw some logs of 

 this species at the Greeley Mill. They are 

 round and regular as if turned in a lathe, 

 excepting the butt cuts, which have a few 

 buttressing projections. The fragrance of 

 the sugary sap is delicious and scents the 

 mill and lumber yard. How beautiful the 

 ground beneath this pine thickly strewn with 

 slender needles and grand cones, and the 

 piles of cone-scales, seed-wings and shells 

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