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of vegetation and rock debris as had never occurred to me as 
possible, and as, I think, very few peeoe ave ever seen. one 
slide grew wider asit descended, until t 
the 
ith a deafening roar in the lower valley. A village would have 
been obliterated had —_ a 
a 
partly dam 
tains that aad destruction had been caused by the fall of a 
single tree, 
here the forest has been cleared for any purpose, we find 
tias are erect ainibe with terminal umbels 
i re 
t 
paces was anor imippesele to penetete: Else- 
7 da still 
Sull ena the era already observed continue to 
increase in regular gradatio: out 2,000 or 2,500 feet the 
modification is sai ent to again prot a distinctively different 
plant aes 
estreams 
e for rafts or small boats, and small plains are of 
ce. The a 
an h to a different 
limate are insistent. There are far m arge trees than 
heretofore, there is muc s verdure underneath them 
he forest floor is littered with fallen tru and_ branches. 
The sunlight is mostly excluded and there is a musty odor 
