In the Sierra 



but the height of the building itself above 

 the level of the ridge it stands on is about 

 fifteen hundred feet. A mile or so to the 

 westward there is a handsome lake, and the 

 glacier-polished granite about it is shining so 

 brightly it is not easy in some places to trace 



FRONT OF CATHEDRAL PEAK 



the line between the rock and water, both 

 shining alike. Of this lake with its silvery 

 basin and bits of meadow and groves I have 

 a fine view from the spires ; also of Lake Te- 

 naya, Cloud's Rest, and the South Dome of 

 Yosemite, Mt. Starr King, Mt. Hoffman, 

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