FIG. 26. WHITNEY CREEK 



ENTERS CRABTREE MEADOW. FIG. 27. WHITNE 



FIG. 28. THE MOUTH OF VOLCANO CREEK CANYON AND THE FLOOR OF THE UPPER KERN CANYON^ THE 

 CREEK HAD ONCE CUT DOWN NEARLY TO THE LEVEL OF KERN RIVER, AFTER WHICH IT WAS FILLED 

 WITH LAVA-THE DARK ROCK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PICTURE. SINCE THEN A NARROW PRECIPITOUS 

 GORGE HAS BEEN CUT, PARTLY IN THE LAVA AND PARTLY BETWEEN IT AND THE GRANITE. 



