In the Sierra 



peaks, all of them granite like the Cathe- 

 dral, sparkling with crystals, feldspar, 

 quartz, hornblende, mica, tourmaline. Had 

 a rather difficult walk and creep across an 

 immense snow and ice cliff which gradually 

 increased in steepness as I advanced until it 

 was almost impassable. Slipped on a danger- 

 ous place, but managed to stop by digging 

 my heels into the thawing surface just on the 

 brink of a yawning ice gulf. Camped beside 

 little pool and a group of crinkled dwarf 

 >ines ; and as I sit by the fire trying to write 

 totes the shallow pool seems fathomless with 

 :he infinite starry heavens in it, while the 

 >nlooking rocks and trees, tiny shrubs and 

 [aisies and sedges, brought forward in the 

 fire-glow, seem full of thoughtas if about to 

 speak aloud and tell all their wild stories. A 

 marvelously impressive meeting in which 

 every one has something worth while to tell. 

 And beyond the fire-beams out in the solemn 

 darkness, how impressive is the music of a 

 choir of rills singing their way down from 



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