280 OUR NATIONAL PARKS 



The following; Sequoia notes and measurements 

 are copied from my notebooks : — 





Diameter. 



Height in 



Age. 



Feet. 



Inches. 



Feet. 



Years. 







1 3-4 



10 



7 







5 



24 



20 







5 



25 



41 







6 



25 



66 







6 



28 1-2 



39 







8 



25 



29 







11 



45 



71 



1 







60 



71 



3 



2 



156 



260 



6 







192 



240 



7 



3 



195 



339 



7 



3 



255 



506 



7 



6 



240 



493 



7 



7 



207 



424 



9 







243 



259 



9 



3 



222 



280 



10 



6 





1440 



12 







1825 1 



15 







2150 2 



24 







1300 



25 







2300 



35 



8 inside bark 





over 4000 



1 6 feet in diameter at height of 200 feet. 



2 7 feet in diameter at height of 200 feet. 



Little, however, is to be learned in confused, 

 hurried tourist trips, spending only a poor noisy 

 hour in a branded grove with a guide. You 

 should go looking and listening alone on long 

 walks through the wild forests and groves in all 

 the seasons of the year. In the spring the winds 

 are balmy and sweet, blowing up and down over 

 great beds of chaparral and through the woods 

 now rich in softening balsam and rosin and the 



