Our young folks [serial] . had been built to scare away wild beasts,and about which the men were busy making coffee and getting supper. I wish one would come, said Will, it would be such fun to see youand Fannie run. But no bear or other beast disturbed our repose, though the novel, weird-like scene in the mountain forest, with only the starry heavens for a canopy,kept us awake till late into the night. Early in the afternoon of the following day we halted on an elevatedmountain-point; away below us, bathed in the warm sunlight, softly tem-pered by the blue haze of distance, with its perpendic
Our young folks [serial] . had been built to scare away wild beasts,and about which the men were busy making coffee and getting supper. I wish one would come, said Will, it would be such fun to see youand Fannie run. But no bear or other beast disturbed our repose, though the novel, weird-like scene in the mountain forest, with only the starry heavens for a canopy,kept us awake till late into the night. Early in the afternoon of the following day we halted on an elevatedmountain-point; away below us, bathed in the warm sunlight, softly tem-pered by the blue haze of distance, with its perpendicular, wall-like sides,fantastic peaks, and glittering cascades, lay the famed Yosemite and silently we gazed, but the lengthening shadows warned us wemust hurry on. The guides arranged and secured our saddles, and downthe steep mountain-trail we started. If you mean to fall off, Fan, now is your time, for I feel as if I wereslipping over my horses head, said Will. 128 A Visit to the Yosemite Valley. [September,.
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