Illustrations 



PLATES 



Reproduced from photographs by Herbert W. Gleason, 

 several of which were taken while in the company of the 

 author, who is seen in the one facing page 216. 



LIBERTY CAP, WITH VERNAL AND NEVADA FALLS Frontispiece 



WHITE MARIPOSA TULIP (Calochortus albus) ... 22 



A FOREST BROOK 46 



A SUGAR PINE 68 



A MOUNTAIN STREAM 11-2 



A GLACIAL BOULDER 134 



THUNDER-STORM OVER YOSEMITE 166 



FOLIAGE AND CONES OF SIERRA HEMLOCK (Tsuga Mertensi- 

 ana) 204 



MAGNIFICENT SILVER FIRS (MR. MUIR IN FOREGROUND) . 216 



TUOLUMNE MEADOW FROM CATHEDRAL PEAK . . . 266 



SIERRA RANGE FROM MONO CRATER 308 



IN TUOLUMNE SEQUOIA GROVE . . - . . . . 350 



ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT 



From sketches made by the author in 1869. 



HORSESHOE BEND, MERCED RIVER 17 



ON SECOND BENCH. EDGE OF THE MAIN FOREST BELT, 

 ABOVE COULTERVILLE, NEAR GREELEY's MlLL . . .21 



CAMP, NORTH FORK OF THE MERCED 41 



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