INDEX 



Adenostema fasciculatum,heath- 

 like shrub, its influence on the 

 physiognomy of Sierra land- 

 scapes, 142. 



Age of trees, pine, 69, 104, 107, 

 108, 114, 275; libocedrus, 118; 

 juniper, 124; fir, 275, 276; 

 sequoia, 260, 275-280, 297, 299. 



Alaska, plants and animals of, 

 7-11. 



Alpenglow, 74. 



Apple, wild, 22, 23. 



Aspen, 131. 



Aster, 164. 



Avalanches, snow, 27, 251-255; 

 rock, 140, 259. 



Azalea, 146, 181, 303. 



Axe clearings, 101. 



Bear-hunters, 353; Duncan, 179; 



David Brown and his dog 



Sandy, 181. 

 Bears, 28, 52, 57, 144, 314; food 



of Sierra, 172 ; interviews with 



174, 177; tracks, 178; and 



sheep, 185. 

 Beaver, 16, 25, 53. 

 Beaver, mountain, 201. 

 Beaver meadows, 23, 37. 

 Birds, of the Yosemite Park, 



213. 

 Blackberries, 24. 

 Bogs, 139, 166. 

 Brodiaea, 23, 155. 

 Bryanthus, 148. 



California, floweriness of, 137. 

 Calochortus, 23, 145. 

 Calypso borealis, 7, 23. 

 Camassia, 156. 

 Campanula, 282. 

 Camping, 56, 133, 161, 163. 

 Caiion, the Grand, of the Colorado, 



35 ; Yellowstone, 49 ; Merced, 



259 ; Tuolumne, 259. 

 Canons of the Sierra, 83. 

 Cassiope, 147. 

 Cathedral Peak, 90. 

 Ceanothus, 145. 



Cedar, incense, 116 ; red, 123, 273. 

 Chamsebatia foliolosa, a forest 



carpet, 143. 

 Chaparral, 142, 144, 146. 

 Cherry, 23, 146. 

 Chestnut, 22. 

 Chinquapin, 146. 

 Chipmunk, 196. 

 Climates of the Sierra, 138, 160, 



161, 164. 

 Clintonia, 18, 23. 

 Clouds, 77, 164, 276, 281. 

 Colds, 133. 

 Coyote, 194. 

 Crow, Clarke, 228. 

 Crystals, 161. 

 Currants, 24. 

 Cypripedium, 156. 



Daisy, 94, 149. 



Danger, 28, 57, 133, 184, 208. 

 Deer, 189, 315. 

 Deserts, 6. 

 De Soto, 71. 



Diver, great northern, 227. 

 Dog, Carlo, 175 ; Sandy, 181. 

 Dogwood, flowering, 22, 130. 

 Douglas, David, in forests of Ore- 

 gon, 110. 

 Duck-hunters, 353. 

 Ducks, 226. 

 Dwarf willow, 94. 



Eagle, 228. 



Earthquake, 261 ; ancient, 265 ; 

 taluses, formation of, 260 ; influ- 

 ence on caiion scenery, 265. 



