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R the Mountains of California,R by John Muirr (1894)R -R John Muir Writingsr r The Mountains of California,r by John Muirr (1894)r -r John Muir Writingsr Copyright, 1894, by The Century Co. r The Mountains of California,r by John Muirr (1894)r -r John Muir Writingsr Table of Contents r r r John Muir Writingsr..................................................................................................................................1 r The Mountains of Californiar.........................................................................................................................2 r By John Muirr........................................................................................................................................2 r r Contentsr r...........................................................................................................................................2 r r List of Illustrationsr r...........................................................................................................................4 r Note from American Memory Collection,r r Library of Congressr r.............................................5 r r Bibliographic Informationr r.........................................................................................................5 r Chapter 1r r The Sierra Nevadar............................................................................................................6 r Chapter 2r r The Glaciersr...................................................................................................................14 r Chapter 3r r The Snowr.......................................................................................................................21 r Chapter 4r r A Near View of the High Sierrar....................................................................................25 r Chapter 5r r The Passesr......................................................................................................................37 r Chapter 6r r The Glacier Lakesr..........................................................................................................49 r Chapter 7r r The Glacier Meadowsr....................................................................................................61 r Chapter 8r r The Forestsr.....................................................................................................................67 r Chapter 9r r The Douglas Squirrelr...................................................................................................111 r Chapter 10r r A Wind-storm in the Forestsr......................................................................................119 r Chapter 11r r The River Floodsr........................................................................................................125 r Chapter 12r r Sierra Thunder-Stormsr...............................................................................................130 r Chapter 13r r The Water-Ouzelr........................................................................................................132 r Chapter 14r r The Wild Sheepr..........................................................................................................144 r Chapter 15r r In the Sierra Foot-Hillsr..............................................................................................157 r Chapter 16r r The Bee-Pasturesr.......................................................................................................162 r r r John Muir Writingsr..............................................................................................................................184 r The Mountains of Californiar.....................................................................................................................185 r By John Muirr....................................................................................................................................185 r r Contentsr r.......................................................................................................................................185 r r List of Illustrationsr r.......................................................................................................................187 r Note from American Memory Collection,r r Library of Congressr r.........................................188 r r Bibliographic Informationr r.....................................................................................................188 i r r r John Muir Writingsr r r r r r r r John Muir Writingsr 1 r The Mountains of Californiar r r r By John Muirr r r r r r r r r r r Contentsr r r r r 1. r r The Sierra Nevadar r r 1r r 2. r r The Glaciersr r r 20r r 3. r r The Snowr r 36r r 4. r r A Near View of the High Sierrar r 48r r 5. r r The Passesr r 74r r 6. r r The Glacier Lakesr r 98r r 7. r r The Glacier Meadowsr r 125r r 8. r r The Forestsr r r 139r r 9. r r The Douglas Squirrelr r r 226r r 10. r r A Wind-Storm in the Forestsr r r 244r r 11. r r The River Floodsr r r 258r r 12. r r Sierra Thunder-Stormsr r r 271r r 13. r r The Water-Ouzelr r r 276r r 14. r r The Wild Sheepr r r 300r r 15. r r In the Sierra Foot-Hillsr r r 325r r 16. r r The Bee-Pasturesr r r 338r r r r r r r r r r r r r The Mountains of Californiar r r r r r The Mountains of Californiar 2 r The Mountains of California,r by John Muirr (1894)r -r John Muir Writingsr r Byr r John Muirr r r r r New Yorkr r The Century Co.r r 1894r r r r r r r r r r r r r r Hoofed Locusts.r r r r r r r Copyright, 1894, by The Century Co.r r The De Vinne Press.r r r r r r r r r r r r Contentsr r 3 r The Mountains of California,r by John Muirr (1894)r -r John Muir Writingsr r r List of Illustrationsr r r r r • r r Hoofed Locustsr r Frontispiecer r • r r Mount Tamalpais—North of the Golden Gater r 5r r • r r Mount Shasta, Looking Southwestr r 13r r • r r Mount Hoodr r 19r r • r r Mount Rainier from Paradise Valley — Nisqually Glacierr r 25r r • r r Map of the Yosemite Valleyr r r [bigger, 90K]r r 67r r • r r Map of the Yosemite Valley, Showing Present Reservation Boundaryr r r [bigger, 110K]r r 77r r • r r View of the Mono Plain from the Foot of Bloody Cañonr r 97r r • r r Lake Tenaya, One of the Yosemite Fountainsr r 102r r • r r The Death of a Laker r 107r r • r r Lake Starr Kingr r 119r r • r r View in the Sierra Forestr r 141r r • r r Edge of the Timber Line on Mount Shastar r 143r r • r r View in the Main Pine Belt of the Sierra Forestr r 145r r • r r Nut Piner r 147r r • r r The Grove form [Pinus tuberculata]r r 149r r • r r Lower Margin of the Main Pine Belt, Showing Open Character of Woodsr r 151r r r • r r Sugar Pine on Exposed Ridger r 157r r • r r Young Sugar Pine Beginning to Bear Conesr r 160r r • r r Forest of Sequoia, Sugar Pine, and Douglas Sprucer r 161r r • r r Pinus Ponderosar r 164r r • r r Silver Pine 210 Feet Highr r 166r r • r r Incense Cedar in Its Primer r 171r r • r r Forest of Grand Silver Firsr r 172r r • r r View of Forest of the Magnificent Silver Firr r 175r r • r r Silver-Fir Forest Growing on Moraines of the Hoffman and Tenaya Glaciersr r 177r r • r r Juniper, or Red Cedarr r 205r r • r r Storm-Beaten Hemlock Spruce, Forty Feet Highr r 208r r • r r Group of Erect Dwarf Pinesr r 212r r • r r A Dwarf Piner r 214r r • r r Oak Growing Among Yellow Pinesr r 217r r • r r Track of Douglas Squirrel Once Down and Up a Pine-Tree When Showing Offr to a Spectatorr r 231r r • r r Seeds, Wings, and Scale of Sugar Piner r 234r r • r r Trying the Bowr r 243r r • r r A Wind-Storm in the California Forestsr r 245r r • r r Water-Ouzel Diving and Feedingr r 277r r • r r One of the Late-Summer Feeding-Grounds of the Ouzelr r 285r r • r r Ouzel Entering a White Currentr r 287r r • r r The Ouzel at Homer r 293r r • r r Yosemite Birds, Snow-Bound at the Foot of Indian Cañonr r 297r r • r r Snow-Bound on Mount Shastar r 306r r r • r r Head of the Merino Ramr r 309r r • r r Head of Rocky Mountain Wild Sheepr r 311r r r r List of Illustrationsr r 4 r The Mountains of California,r by John Muirr (1894)r -r John Muir Writingsr • r r Crossing a Cañon Streamr r 314r r • r r Wild Sheep Jumping Over a Precipicer r 319r r • r r Indians Hunting Wild Sheepr r 321r r • r r A Bee-Ranch in Lower Californiar r 341r r • r r Wild Bee Gardenr r 357r r • r r In the San Gabriel Valley. — White Sager r 365r r • r r A Bee-Ranch on a Spur of the San Gabriel Range. — Cardinal Flowerr r 369r r • r r Wild Buckwheat. — A Bee-Ranch in the Wildernessr r 371r r • r r A Bee-Pasture on the Moraine Desert. — Spanish Bayonetr r 375r r • r r A Bee-Keeper’s Cabinr r 379r r r r r r r r Note from American Memory Collection,r r Library of Congressr r r r r Famed naturalist John Muir (1838-1914) came tor Wisconsin as a boy and studied at the University of Wisconsin. He firstr came to California in 1868 and devoted six years to the study of ther Yosemite Valley.r After work in Nevada, Utah, and Colorado, he returned tor California in 1880 and made the state his home.r One of the heroes of America’s conservation movement,r Muir deserves much of the credit forr making the Yosemite Valley a protected national park and for alertingr Americans to the need to protect this and other natural wonders.r The Mountains of California (1894) is his book length tribute to ther beauties of the Sierra.r He recounts not only his own journeys by foot through ther mountains, glaciers, forests, and valleys, but also the geological andr natural history of the region, ranging from the history of glaciers, ther patterns of tree growth, and the daily life of animals
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