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prayer." After a perfunctory and not too thorough dish- 

 washing, fresh logs were piled on the fire, pipes were 

 lighted, and we entered into the domain of the blessed. 



(Here, at the suggestion of the editors, I omit ten 

 pages on the joys of camp-fires.) 



But I must mention one circumstance. By that camp- 

 fire in a windy canon of the Sierra Madre the Southern 

 California Section of the Sierra Club was born. An 

 organization was completed and work planned. The ob- 

 ject of the section is to forward the work of the Sierra 

 Club in Southern California. It is strictly subordinate 

 to the parent club ( Sierra Madre ?) . It will take no action 

 not sanctioned by the directors, and will always work in 

 the name of the club, and for the purpose of extending its 

 influence and furthering its objects. 



I shall not at this time trouble the readers of the 

 Bulletin with an account of the work performed by the 

 section since its organization, but state that we hope in 

 the future to accomplish even more. 



At about II o'clock we began to crawl into our sleep- 

 ing-bags. As the night was bitterly cold, some left the 

 fire with regret, and some did not leave it at all, dragging 

 their beds into the very ashes. It seemed to the writer 

 that the temperature was even lower than we found it on 

 the Mt. Whitney trip in July, 1903. During the night 

 water in a cooking utensil froze to the thickness of three 

 quarters of an inch ; and a thick frost accumulated on the 

 rubber case of one sleeping-bag. 



Breakfast was rather cheerless, on account of the 

 cold, but we prepared to start in good spirits. 



At Fern Flats the real climbing begins. The trail 

 from there on is narrow, though distinct and well worn. 



