My First Summer 



parts. In particular, Mr. Delaney assured 

 me that all kinds of bears in the Sierra are 

 very shy, and that hunters found far greater 

 difficulty in getting within gunshot of them 

 than of deer or indeed any other animal in 

 the Sierra, and if I was anxious to see much 

 of them I should have to wait and watch 

 with endless Indian patience and pay no at- 

 tention to anything else. 



Night is coming on, the gray rock waves 

 are growing dim in the twilight. How raw 

 and young this region appears ! Had the ice 

 sheet that swept over it vanished but yester- 

 day, its traces on the more resisting portions 

 about our camp could hardly be more dis- 

 tinct than they now are. The horses and 

 sheep and all of us, indeed, slipped on the 

 smoothest places. 



"July 1 4. How deathlike is sleep in this 

 mountain air, and quick the awakening into 

 newness of life ! A calm dawn, yellow and 

 purple, then floods of sun-gold, making 

 everything tingle and glow. 



