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The Yosemite

CONTENTS I. THE APPROACH TO THE VALLEY 3 II. WINTER STORMS AND SPRING FLOODS 51 III. SNOW STORMS 61 IV. SNOW BANNERS 70 V. THE TREES OF THE VALLEY 87 VI. THE FOREST TREES IN GENERAL 93 VII. THE BIG TREES 127 VIII. THE FLOWERS 148 IX. THE BIRDS 158 X. THE SOUTH DOME 166 XI. THE ANCIENT YOSEMITE GLACIERS: HOW THE VALLEY WAS FORMED 173 XII. HOW BEST TO SPEND YOUR YOSEMITE TIME 196 XIII. LAMON 237 XIV. GALEN CLARK 240 XV. HETCH HETCHY VALLEY 249 APPENDICES 263 INDEX 275 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FACING PAGE Cathedral Rocks and Cathedral Spires as seen across Merced River 28 The Three Brothers 68 In the Mariposa Grove 96 Mirror Lake, Mt. Watkins and Slopes of Clouds' Rest 124 Slope of Mt. Dana and Lake Tioga, Tuolumne Meadows 180 Looking up Hetch-Hetchy Valley from Surprise Point 204 Hetch-Hetchy Valley 244 Digitized by Google. · 2 · Mode of access: Internet

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