The mountains . The Giant Forest 225 XIX. On Cowboys .... • 233 XX. The Golden Trout • 253 XXI. On Going Out 261 XXII. The Lure of the Trail . 277 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS The Mountains Frontispiece / FACINGPAGE Like thrusting your shoulders out of a hatchway, you looked over the top . ...... 4 Your grub supply ........ 20 The spirit of malevolent mischief was hers . ... 36 Out from beneath us crept the plain .... 68 We journeyed over the alkali at noon ..... 74 The flicker of a fire threw a glow out into the dark . 78 On these slopes played the wind . ..... 92 The trail to the canon-bed was gene
The mountains . The Giant Forest 225 XIX. On Cowboys .... • 233 XX. The Golden Trout • 253 XXI. On Going Out 261 XXII. The Lure of the Trail . 277 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS The Mountains Frontispiece / FACINGPAGE Like thrusting your shoulders out of a hatchway, you looked over the top . ...... 4 Your grub supply ........ 20 The spirit of malevolent mischief was hers . ... 36 Out from beneath us crept the plain .... 68 We journeyed over the alkali at noon ..... 74 The flicker of a fire threw a glow out into the dark . 78 On these slopes played the wind . ..... 92 The trail to the canon-bed was generally dangerous . 102 Six times a minute we held our breaths . . .152 Towards evening he sauntered in . ... 166 Camp cookery ......... 182 We walked to the edge of the main crest and looked over ......... 220 At every stride we stepped ten feet and slid five . . 222 The Sequoia . . not monstrous, but beautiful . 228Figures suddenly emerging from mystery into the clarity of firelight 250 THE RIDGE TRAIL. Like thrusting your shoulders out of a hatchway, you lookedover the top THE MOUNTAINS ITHE RIDGE TRAIL SIX trails lead to the main ridge. They are allgood trails, so that even the casual tourist in thelittle Spanish-American town on the seacoast needhave nothing to fear from the ascent. In some spotsthey contract to an arms length of space, outside ofwhich limit they drop sheer away; elsewhere theystand up on end, zigzag in lacets each more hair-raising than the last, or fill to demoralization withloose boulders and shale. A fall on the part of yourhorse would mean a more than serious accident; butWestern horses do not fall. The major premise stands:even the casual tourist has no real reason for fear,however scared he may become. Our favorite route to the main ridge was by a waycalled the Cold Spring Trail. We used to enjoytaking visitors up it, mainly because you come onthe top suddenly, without warning. Then we col-lected remarks. Everybody, even the most stolid,said somet
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