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CAVE AND CLIFF DWELLERS. 
it is reflected that the winters are quite 
severe on the higher parts of these 
sierras, the snow being some winters two 
and three feet deep, it is quite easy to 
conceive what constitutional toughness 
these fellow’s must have in their scanty 
attire. 
An Eskimo would long to get back to 
the Arctic if he were here, so he could 
sit on an iceberg and get warm. 
On the great mountain trails their feats 
of endurance are almost of a marvelous 
character. The semi-civilized are often 
employed as couriers, mail carriers, etc., 
and in all cases they invariably make from 
three to five times the distance covered 
by the whites in the same time, while 
there is no known domesticated animal 
that can possibly keep pace with them in 
the mountains. 
