American big game in its haunts; the book of the Boone and Crockett club . rent kinds of scenery, all of them very grandand very beautiful; yet personally to me the GrandCanon of the Colorado, strange and desolate, ter-rible and awful in its sublimity, stands alone andunequaled. I very earnestly wish that Congresswould make it a national park, and I am sure thatsuch course would meet the approbation of thepeople of Arizona. As to the Yosemite Valley, ifthe people of California desire it, as many of themcertainly do, it also should be taken by theNational Government to be kept as a nationalpark
American big game in its haunts; the book of the Boone and Crockett club . rent kinds of scenery, all of them very grandand very beautiful; yet personally to me the GrandCanon of the Colorado, strange and desolate, ter-rible and awful in its sublimity, stands alone andunequaled. I very earnestly wish that Congresswould make it a national park, and I am sure thatsuch course would meet the approbation of thepeople of Arizona. As to the Yosemite Valley, ifthe people of California desire it, as many of themcertainly do, it also should be taken by theNational Government to be kept as a nationalpark, just as the surrounding country, includingsome of the groves of giant trees, is now kept. John Muir and I, with two packers and threepack mules, spent a delightful three days in theYosemite. The first night was clear, and we layin the open on beds of soft fir boughs among thegiant sequoias. It was like lying in a great andsolemn cathedral, far vaster and more beautifulthan any built by hand of man. Just at nightfallI heard, among other birds, thrushes which I think 50. Wilderness Reserves were Rocky Mountain hermits—the appropriatechoir for such a place of worship. Next day wcwent by trail through the woods, seeing some deer—which were not wild—as well as mountain quailand blue grouse. In the afternoon we strucksnow, and had considerable difficulty in breakingour own trails. A snow storm came on towardevening, but we kept warm and comfortable in agrove of the splendid silver firs—rightly namedmagnificent, near the brink of the wonderfulYosemite Valley. Next day we clambered downinto it and at nightfall camped in its bottom,facing the giant cliffs over which the waterfallsthundered. Surely our people do not understand even yetthe rich heritage that Is theirs. There can be noth-ing in the world more beautiful than the Yosemite,its groves of giant sequoias and redwoods, theCaiion of the Colorado, the Caiion of the Yel-lowstone, the three Tetons; and the representa-tives
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