Highways and byways of the Pacific coast . one prepared fora disagreeable journey; but shortly the mists driftedaway and the sun shone into the shaggy, drippingwoodland, and brightened the dark foliage and thebrown, rough-barked tree trunks. The driver seemedanxious about his return trip on the morrow. Gee!this snowll be frozen then, he said, and itll be slickas glass. The brakes wont hold and Ill have a lot otrouble to keep the wagon from runnin onto the horses. We presently passed over the top of the mountainridge and were in really magnificent forest that manhad never devastated. The trees
Highways and byways of the Pacific coast . one prepared fora disagreeable journey; but shortly the mists driftedaway and the sun shone into the shaggy, drippingwoodland, and brightened the dark foliage and thebrown, rough-barked tree trunks. The driver seemedanxious about his return trip on the morrow. Gee!this snowll be frozen then, he said, and itll be slickas glass. The brakes wont hold and Ill have a lot otrouble to keep the wagon from runnin onto the horses. We presently passed over the top of the mountainridge and were in really magnificent forest that manhad never devastated. The trees grew to full maturityand died and fell to enrich the mountain mould forfuture generations just as their ancestors had beforethem from time immemorial. Many of the sugar andyellow pines and cedars were four to six feet in diameter,and they often towered up fully two hundred feet. Itwas a satisfaction just to look at their straight andtowering boles. The noblest of the trees and those mostprized by the lumbermen were the sugar pines. Speci-. The Tosemtte Falls April in the Yosemite 151 mens have been found that had attained a thickness oftwelve feet and were still living, sound in every cones are very large and handsome. They grow tobe from a foot to eighteen inches long and beautify thetree and ground beneath for months after the seedshave taken wing. The trees name comes from a sweetgum that exudes from the heart-wood where woundshave been made either by forest fires or the ax. Thegum takes the shape of irregular, crisp clusters ofkernels. When fresh it is perfectly white and descending the mountain it was quite necessary tohold on. The wheels cut through the snow in a veryuncertain way, and we thumped and jolted and shookabout in a manner that was very disturbing. The ladyon the seat behind was constantly cautioning her hus-band to hang on to her, even if her arm was gettingblistered with his clutch. When her side of the vehicletipped up she begged him t
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