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Canon of the Tuolumne was in good order on the lOth inst., 

 when I passed that point. I opened the canister, perused the 

 contents, signed my name, and replaced it in its resting-place, 

 taking care to add a rock as a seal to prevent the canister fall- 

 ing out or being drawn out by an inquisitive coon or trader rat. 



At that date the signatures were as follows : 7/26, '94 — 

 Messrs. Price, Solomons, Brann, Bonner, Colby; 8/12, '97 — Mr. 

 and Mrs. R. M. Price; 7/22, '04 — Messrs. Parsons. Lawson, 

 Haskell, Rodman, McDuffie, Lasell, Avery, Tappaan, Houze, Kim- 

 ball, Bade, Hart, Cahn, Knapp; 8/10, '05 — S. L. Foster, 



I had a very enjoyable though at times rather strenuous trip 

 alone, carried ten days' provisions and blankets, missed no meals 

 nor night's rest, caught all the trout I desired to eat, spent four 

 and a half days between Tuolumne Meadows and Muir Gorge 

 and two days between the latter place and Hetch-Hetchy Valley. 



I do not consider it a hard trip at all if proper provisions 

 are made for it. The scenery, both as to water and rock effects, 

 is extremely gratifying, and the continuous total absence of be- 

 civilizing air is even more enjoyable. 



I went to Yosemite Valley by stage, to Tioga Road via Yo- 

 semite Falls trail, and Indian Cafion by horseback, and thence on 

 foot through to Crocker's via Lake Tenaya, Tuolumne Meadows, 

 Tuolumne Cafion, and Hetch-Hetchy Valley. I was absent four- 

 teen days from San Francisco. 



Any one making this trip will find the account in volume I, 

 number 6, of the Sierra Club Bulletin' of 1895 of the greatest 

 value, and a typewritten copy of the essential descriptions and 

 instructions should be carried. Professor Bade's very interest- 

 ing article in volume V, number 4, of the Bulletin for 1905 

 should also be read before going for inspiration and after return- 

 ing for reminiscences. 



Two statements in the former account (I Bulletin No. 6), 

 however, seem to need a word of explanation, as I was misled 

 slightly by them. 



The north side of the river is recommended, but one must use 

 his own judgment in this matter, as it will be found that there 

 are many long stretches on the south side more practicable than 

 corresponding distances opposite on the north side. I made four 

 or five fords a day during the trip, not counting a crossing over 

 a sixty-foot tree-trunk entirely spanning the river above the 

 series of five waterfalls coming down the south wall of the canon 

 below Return Creek, and another over the flat base of an immense 

 cone-shaped boulder inverted and bridging the roaring stream 

 below Pait Valley. 



For these numerous fords I carried a waterproofed canvas 

 bag weighing three quarters of a pound, which, when properly 



