Index 
Pine, long-leafed, 54, 55, 108, 
130. 
Pines, 26, 101. 
Pinus Cubensis, 91, 108. 
Pinus palustris, §5, 91. 
Plant, striking power of adap- 
tation of, 162, 163. 
Plant-gold, 148. 
Plants and minerals, assumed 
to be made for man, 137, 
138; sensation in, 140. 
Polygalas, 26. 
Polypodium hexagonopterum, 
33- 
Pomegranate, 56, 57. 
Prater, Mr., friend of Muir’s, 
48, 49. 
Pteris aquilina. 
common. 
See Brake, 
Quail (bob-white), 135. 
Rabbit, jackass, 200-202. 
Rainy season, 204-206. 
Rattlesnakes, 49, 51. 
River, adventure in crossing, 
50. 
Rivers: Chagres, 187; Chat- 
tahoochee, 47, 48; Clinch, 
31; Cumberland, 14; Em- 
ory, 30; Hiwassee, 41, 42; 
Merced, 188; Salt, 3; Sa- 
vannah, 58. 
Robins, 135. 
Rolling Fork, 3. 
Salt River, 3. 
San Francisco, 188. 
San Joaquin valley, 190. 
Sand dunes, 72. 
Sandy Hook, 184. 
Savannah, Georgia, 65. 
Savannah River, 58. 
Scale-mosses (Madotheca), 31. 
Schrankia, sensitive brier, 18, 
19. 
Scott, Gen. Winfield, 43. 
Scuppernong grape, 49. 
Sea, beautiful in storm, 177, 
178, 183; our ignorance of, 
182. 
Sea-islands, 86. 
Sheep, predestined purpose 
of, 137. 
Sherman, Gen. W. T., 61. 
Ship, enjoyable life on, 177- 
80, 184. 
Sierra Nevada, 190, 192-94, 
212. 
Simmons, Captain, 111-14. 
Solidagoes, 26, 56, 72, 109. 
Spanish bayonet, 132, 133. 
Spinning, in mountain cab- 
ins, 37; among Georgia 
farmers, 84. 
Spleenwort, ebony, 33. 
Squirrel, ground, 202, 203. 
Steerage, 187. 
Storm at sea, 145-47, 177, 
178, 183. 
Sunflowers, 3. 
Sunset, gorgeous, 53, 143. 
Swamps, Florida, 83-122; 
vine-tangled, 90, 91, III, 
118, 120; night in, 93-95, 
110. 
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