Highways and byways of the Pacific coast . uestioned. Coon and Toothpick, he replied. Each of the three hundred and fifty horses on theroute has its name and its individuality, but I think thenames of our four had more than the average of pic-turesqueness. From;Wawona, where we arrived in the afternoon,I made a side trip to see the big trees. This necessitatedan eight-mile climb up a mountain side; for the treeslove a high altitude. The road had only just beenopened through the snows, and once our stage gotstuck in a drift. Considerable digging had to be donebefore the struggling horses could
Highways and byways of the Pacific coast . uestioned. Coon and Toothpick, he replied. Each of the three hundred and fifty horses on theroute has its name and its individuality, but I think thenames of our four had more than the average of pic-turesqueness. From;Wawona, where we arrived in the afternoon,I made a side trip to see the big trees. This necessitatedan eight-mile climb up a mountain side; for the treeslove a high altitude. The road had only just beenopened through the snows, and once our stage gotstuck in a drift. Considerable digging had to be donebefore the struggling horses could drag us free. As wewere toiling slowly along the driver asked us if we hadever seen one of their black Cahfornia rabbits. Wenever had. Why, theres one now, he said, pointing on ahead. Sure enough, there was the rabbit sitting on itshaunches alert and watchful close by the road, and itwas nearly three feet tall. I expected every momentit would leap away, but we continued to approach andit did not move except that I saw an eye blink and its. o o b^ April in the Yosemite 163 ears waggle a trifle. We were all very much excitedover the sight and v^ere exclaiming softly to one anotherwhen lo! we suddenly realized that the rabbit wasnothing but a remnant of a burned-out stump whichchanced from a certain view-point to have the outlineof a rabbit. When we were well up on the height we changedto a sleigh and at last we came to the forest are in the midst of heavy woodland and arescattered among trees of various other species, manyof which are themselves of magnificent girth andheight; but the sequoias stand out distinctly. Theirreddish brown bark is unhke the bark of the rest of thetrees in texture as well as color, and the larger trees farexceed in size any of their comrades not of the samefamily. They differ also from the balance of the forestin having dome-Hke tops instead of pointed ones. Mostof them are sadly scarred about the base by fire; butthe charred crevices and ho
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