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 . across the Valley, wehave before us what probably most persons will admit to be, if not the moststupendous, at least the most attractive feature of the Yosemite; namely, the Yosemite Fall par excellence, that one of all the falls about the Valleywhich is best entitled to bear that name. The woodcut, Plate 1, was takenamong a group of oaks near the Lower Hotel, a point of Aicw directly infront, and from which the various parts seem most thoroughly to
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 . across the Valley, wehave before us what probably most persons will admit to be, if not the moststupendous, at least the most attractive feature of the Yosemite; namely, the Yosemite Fall par excellence, that one of all the falls about the Valleywhich is best entitled to bear that name. The woodcut, Plate 1, was takenamong a group of oaks near the Lower Hotel, a point of Aicw directly infront, and from which the various parts seem most thoroughly to be blendedinto one whole of surprising attractiveness. Even the finest photograph is,however, utteily inadequate to convey to the mind any satisfactory impressionor realization of how many of the elements of grandeur and beauty arecombined in this waterfall and its surroundings and accessories. The firstand most impressive of these elements is, as in all other objects about theYosemite, vertical height. In this it surpasses, it is believed, any waterMl. THE YOSEMITE VALLEY. 63 Fig. 3.
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