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THE SECRET OF THE BIG TREES. 
pleasant complexion of brownish gray wriggled hastily into cavities 
in the rotten wood. Once I pulled off a large decayed slab from the 
side of a stump, and started back in surprise when two creatures 
GENERAL GRANT TREE. GENERAL GRANT NATIONAL PARK. 
Height, 2G4 feet; diameter, 35 feet. The General Grant Grove, in the park 
of the same name, has an area of 235 acres and contains 190 trees exceeding 
10 feet in diameter. 
with yellowish-brown bodies and black wings flew out. I was about 
to look for a bird’s nest when one of my companions called out 
“ Bats.” 
