In the Sierra 



as if repeating, like Grip, "Never say die." 

 Some were simply standing on the pave- 

 ment where no fissure more than half an 

 inch wide offered a hold for its roots. The 

 common height for these rock-dwellers 





JUNIPERS IN TENAYA CANON 



is from ten to twenty feet ; most of the 

 old ones have broken tops, and are mere 

 stumps, with a few tufted branches, form- 

 ing picturesque brown pillars on bare pave- 

 ments, with plenty of elbow-room and a 



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