BIG TREES OF CALIEOKNIA, 



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wa^ all ii-p with him." As this was the downfall of ^'Old Goliath," he began to fear 

 that old Boreas was getting the best of the match, if he did not claim the gate-money, 

 and that * ' Smith's Cabin " Vould be the next giant thrown. But, being a brave man — 

 and who could live such a life as his if he were not? — and knowing well that he 

 could not do better, concluded to look this danger unquailingly in the face, as he had 

 done many a one before it, stay where he was, and take the best, or worst, that 

 might befall him. 



^tAEIPOSA GKOVE. 



From the following table it will be seen that there are several trees in this grove 

 larger than any in the Calaveras, and that their average size is greater. The average 

 height of theMarij^osa trees, however, is less than that of the Calaveras; and the high- 

 est of the former, 272 feet, is 53 feet less than the tallest one of the latter. There is 

 a burned stump on the north side of the grove, nearly all gone, but indicating a tree 

 of a size j:)erhaps a little greater than any now existing there. The beauty of the 

 Mariposa Grove has been sadly marred by the ravages of fire, which has evidently 

 swept through it again and again, almost ruining many of the finest trees. Still, the 

 u^eneral aj:)pearance of the grove is extremely grand and imposing. There are about 

 125 trees over 40 feet in circumference.^ (See Pis. VII and VIII^) 



Height and diameter meaMiremenls of trees in the Mariposa Grove.^ 



No. 



Height. 



Diameter 

 at ground. 



Diameter 

 at 6 feet 



above the 

 ground. 



) 



Remarks. 



6 



Fed. 



Feet. 

 24.7 

 23.1 

 19.8 

 19.8 



Ftd. 



Hollow. 

 Burned at base. 



? 







11 









12 



944 





15 •'T'^ 





16 





27.6 

 23.1 





20 





17.5 

 14.0 



21 





27 



250 



15.3 

 28.6 

 11.4 

 20.7 



29 





31 

 35 



186 



9.4 

 16.2 



38 



•»6 



8.6 





49 191 



51 218 



52 'JO 





17.8 



12.4 

 12.7 



IS X 



60 





2tJ U 



&1 





26. 1 io. y 



66 



•>-M 



12.7 

 11.4 

 14.0 





69 ! 219 



70 1 225 

 77 1 197 



102 1 '255 

 158 -223 

 164 243 







■ "'8.8 ■ 

 15.9 













8.8 





169 





25.4 

 26.3 



Much burned at base. 



171 







Badly burned on one side. 



Two trees, united at the base. 

 Much burned on one side; formerly over 100 feet 

 in circumference. 



174 



9f^ 





13.0 

 14.6 



194 192 





205 



206 

 216 

 226 

 236 

 238 

 239 

 245 

 253 

 262 

 275 

 286 

 290 

 301 



330 

 348 



229 

 23.5 



28.0 

 22.1 



20 1 



\Tiifh hnnw'd at, Vuisc. 



219 

 256 





15.3 i 



14.6 



18.2 ; Burned (jii one side. 







187 

 270 





8.5 

 21.4 

 19.1 



Do. 

 Half burned away at base. 

 Burned on one side nearly to center. 



All burned away on one side.. 



20.0 

 23.7 

 17.8 

 21.0 

 24.2 















14.6 

 16.2 







260 



29.5 

 29.2 





227 



16.2 









^From J. J). Whitney's " Yosemite Guide-Book." 



^Compiled from J D. Whitney's "Yosemite Guide-Book" (1870). 



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