﻿THE 
  SCENERY 
  OF 
  NORTH 
  AMERICA 
  

  

  Photograph 
  from 
  M. 
  Hall 
  McAllister 
  

  

  CLIMBERS 
  ASCENDING 
  HALF 
  DOME 
  WITH 
  THE 
  AID 
  OE 
  CABLES 
  

  

  Tennis 
  or 
  rubber 
  shoes 
  are 
  worn 
  to 
  prevent 
  slipping 
  on 
  the 
  smooth 
  granite. 
  This 
  view 
  

   also 
  shows 
  the 
  heavy 
  safety 
  chains 
  with 
  which 
  the 
  stairway 
  is 
  anchored 
  to 
  the 
  rock 
  (see 
  

   illustration 
  on 
  preceding 
  page). 
  

  

  count 
  for 
  most, 
  not 
  because 
  there 
  is 
  not 
  

   just 
  as 
  much 
  genuine 
  beauty 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  

   among 
  soft 
  hills 
  and 
  rolling 
  pastures 
  and 
  

   along 
  the 
  banks 
  of 
  streams 
  in 
  wooded 
  

   dales, 
  but 
  because 
  size 
  is 
  an 
  element 
  in 
  

   grandeur, 
  and 
  grandeur 
  impresses 
  those 
  

   who 
  are 
  insensible 
  to 
  the 
  gentler 
  charms 
  

   of 
  landscape. 
  

  

  FIVE 
  GROUPS 
  OE 
  MOUNTAIN 
  MASSES 
  OE 
  

   NORTH 
  AMERICA 
  

  

  The 
  mountain 
  masses 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  

   States 
  may 
  be 
  divided 
  into 
  five 
  groups 
  : 
  

   the 
  Rockies, 
  the 
  Sierra 
  Nevada, 
  continued 
  

   in 
  the 
  Cascade 
  Range 
  of 
  Oregon 
  and 
  

   Washington, 
  the 
  Coast 
  Range 
  of 
  Califor- 
  

   nia 
  and 
  Oregon, 
  the 
  Alleghenies, 
  and 
  

   those 
  scattered 
  heights 
  which 
  extend 
  

   from 
  northern 
  Pennsylvania 
  to 
  New 
  

   Brunswick. 
  To 
  them 
  belong 
  the 
  Adiron- 
  

  

  dack^ 
  of 
  New 
  York, 
  the 
  Green 
  Moun- 
  

   tains 
  of 
  Vermont, 
  the 
  White 
  Mountains 
  

   of 
  New 
  Hampshire, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  the 
  un- 
  

   named 
  heights 
  of 
  western 
  Massachusetts 
  

   (culminating 
  in 
  Greylock) 
  and 
  the 
  loftier 
  

   summits 
  of 
  central 
  Maine, 
  culminating 
  in 
  

   Katahdin. 
  

  

  The 
  Rocky 
  Mountains 
  are 
  the 
  back- 
  

   bone 
  of 
  the 
  continent, 
  a 
  wide 
  belt 
  of 
  high- 
  

   lands 
  sometimes 
  sinking 
  into 
  plateaus 
  of 
  

   from 
  5.000 
  to 
  8,000 
  feet, 
  sometimes 
  ris- 
  

   ing 
  into 
  peaks 
  which 
  carry 
  some 
  snow 
  all 
  

   the 
  year. 
  

  

  The 
  highest 
  summits 
  are 
  found 
  in 
  

   Colorado, 
  where 
  many 
  stand 
  pretty 
  close 
  

   together. 
  About 
  forty 
  exceed 
  14.000 
  feet, 
  

   but 
  none 
  seem 
  to 
  reach 
  14,500. 
  This 
  uni- 
  

   formity 
  of 
  elevation 
  and 
  the 
  absence 
  of 
  

   striking 
  forms 
  make 
  the 
  Colorado 
  groups 
  

   less 
  interesting 
  to 
  the 
  climber 
  or 
  painter 
  

  

  