DANGER OF TIMBER FAMINE. 19 
vicinity, and in a short time the lumbermen have ad- 
vanced from the base to the summit of the Sierras, and 
soon they will go over the crest ; consequently it is pre- 
dicted that when the timber is all gone the snow will 
melt early in summer, leaving the streams from which 
they irrigate dry, and cold and fierce winds will have 
an uninterrupted and unobstructed sweep, making the 
country uninhabitable. 
