The Yosemite guide-book : a description of the Yosemite Valley and the adjacent region of the Sierra Nevada, and of the big trees of California . h should be replaced by a substantialand well-protected staircase. At the summit of the fall the view down thecaiion, as well as in the opposite direction, is extremely fine. A remarkableparapet of gi-anite runs along the edge of the Vernal Fall for some distance,just breast-high, and looking as if made on purpose to afford the visitor asecure position from which to enjoy the scene. From the Vernal Fall up stream, for the distance of about a mile, th
The Yosemite guide-book : a description of the Yosemite Valley and the adjacent region of the Sierra Nevada, and of the big trees of California . h should be replaced by a substantialand well-protected staircase. At the summit of the fall the view down thecaiion, as well as in the opposite direction, is extremely fine. A remarkableparapet of gi-anite runs along the edge of the Vernal Fall for some distance,just breast-high, and looking as if made on purpose to afford the visitor asecure position from which to enjoy the scene. From the Vernal Fall up stream, for the distance of about a mile, theriver may be followed, and it ])resents a succession of cascades and rapidsof great beauty. As we approach the Nevada Fall, the last great one of theMerced, we have at every step something new and impressive. The viewrepresented in the annexed woodcut (Fig. 6) was taken a little above the THE YOSKMITE VALLEY. 71 summit of the Vernal Fall ; it represents the Nevada Fall, as seen at thedistance of something less than a mile, and on the left as much of the massof the Cap of Liberty as could l)e included in the picture. This latter is Fi2. THE CAP OF LIBERTY AND THE NEVADA FALL. a giand mass of rock, isolated and nearly perpendicular on all sides, risingperhaps 2,000 feet above its base, and little inferior to the Half Dome ingrandeur. It has been climbed, and has on its snmmit, according to statement, a juniper-tree of enormous diameter. The Nevada Fall is, in ever} respect, one of the giandest watei-fiills in theworld, whether we consider its vertical height, the purity and volume of theriver which forms it, or the stupendous scenery by which it is envi) fall is not quite perpendicular, as there is near the sununit a ledgeof rock which i-eceives a portion of the water and throws it off with a peciUiartwist, adding considerably to the general picturesque effect (see woodcut). 72 THE YOSEMITE GUIDE-BOOK. A detonninatioii of the lioijrlit of the fall was
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