. Forest and water . Water-supply; Forests and forestry; Water-supply; Forests and forestry. CHAPTER XXIII. 167 may be seen running in and out among the late flowers. The espionage of the mother is not needed long; in a few days the young birds can fly, and a tew weeks later are members of some big flock which filUs the air with a roar of wings as it rises to plunge over the divide into some deep ravine. FISH. The lakes and trout streams of the Forest Reserves commend them- selves to the lover of nature and sport. In the north lies Lake Tahoe, with its system of lakes and tributary streams and
. Forest and water . Water-supply; Forests and forestry; Water-supply; Forests and forestry. CHAPTER XXIII. 167 may be seen running in and out among the late flowers. The espionage of the mother is not needed long; in a few days the young birds can fly, and a tew weeks later are members of some big flock which filUs the air with a roar of wings as it rises to plunge over the divide into some deep ravine. FISH. The lakes and trout streams of the Forest Reserves commend them- selves to the lover of nature and sport. In the north lies Lake Tahoe, with its system of lakes and tributary streams and brooks well stocked with trout. About Mount Whitney are glacial lakes, while the river which forms the Yosemite Fall, comes down in one stupendous leap of half a mile, rushing boisterously through boulders and rocks to form. A Night Catch of Trout at Bear Valley Lake. later a trout stream; eddying through banks of flowers and arcades of grateful shade to the summerland below. The streams of the southern portions of the Reserves are like nearly all the characteristic rivers of Southern California dry at intervals and often throughout almost the entire length from the mountain to the sea, but in reality flowing on beneath the deep sand bed in which they are seemingly lost. Such are the San Gabriel and Los Angeles rivers, the Santa Ana at times, and others which can be traced into the green heart of the Sierra Madre mountains, where under normal conditions they are rushing, living streams, the home of the rainbow Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Kinney, Abbot, 1850-1920. Los Angeles : Post Pub. Co.
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