Sierra Club Bulletin, Volume 3Sierra Club, 1900 Includes section "Book reviews." |
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Page 80 - ... topography. From the head of Middle Fork of Red river eastward, for several miles, the dividing ridge is narrow, and the thickness of rock above the Conglomerate slight. After passing Chimney Top and Lower Devil creeks, the surface of the country becomes more even, the hills low, not usually extending more than one hundred and fifty or two hundred feet above the branches of the main creek, while the slopes of the hills are so gentle that they can be, and in many cases now are, cultivated clear...
Page 249 - To explore, enjoy and render accessible the mountain regions of the Pacific Coast; to publish authentic information concerning them; to enlist the support and cooperation of the people and the Government in preserving the forests and other natural features of the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
Page 52 - After supper, I went with Mr. Muir and sat on a high rock, jutting into the lake. It was full moon. I never saw a more delightful scene. This little lake, one mile long and a half mile wide, is actually embosomed in the mountains, being surrounded by rocky eminences two thousand feet high, of the most picturesque forms, which come down to the very water's edge. The deep stillness of the night; the silvery light and deep shadows of the mountains; the reflection on the water, broken into thousands...
Page 48 - August the party was encamped on a meadow near what is now called Eagle Peak, and there LeConte made the following entry in his journal: After dinner, lay down on our blankets, and gazed ^ up through the magnificent tall spruces into the deep blue sky and the gathering masses of white clouds. Mr. Muir gazes and gazes and cannot get his fill. He is a most passionate lover of nature. Plants, and flowers, and forests, and sky, and clouds, and mountains, seem actually to haunt his imagination. He seems...
Page 36 - Oh, the glory of the view!" It was on his first visit to Yosemite that Le Conte met John Muir, "in rough miller's garb, whose intelligent face and earnest, clear blue eyes," excited his interest. He found the California naturalist "a gentleman of rare intelligence, of much knowledge of science, particularly of botany . . . thoroughly acquainted with the mountains in the vicinity.
Page 122 - Valley, no fewer than forty-two are displayed within a radius of ten miles. The whole number in the Sierra can hardly be less than fifteen hundred, not counting the smaller pools and tarns, which are innumerable.
Page 25 - ... of power and success. But this, with its large, rough, knobbed, battered trunk, more than thirty feet in diameter — with top broken off and decayed at the height of one hundred and fifty feet — with its great limbs, six to eight feet in diameter, twisted and broken — seemed to me the type of a great life, decaying, but still strong and self-reliant. Perhaps my own bald head and grizzled locks — my own top, with its decaying foliage — made me sympathize with this grizzled giant...
Page 32 - Here found a man in rough miller's garb, whose intelligent face and earnest, clear blue eye excited my interest. After some conversation, discovered that it was Mr. Muir, a gentleman of whom I had heard much from Mrs. Professor Carr and others. He had also received a letter from Mrs. Carr concerning our party, and was looking for us. We were glad to meet each other. I urged him to go with us to Mono, and he seemed disposed to do so.
Page 122 - Tahoe, 22 miles long by about 10 wide, and from 500 to over 1600 feet in depth, is the largest of all the Sierra lakes. It lies just beyond the northern limit of the higher portion of the range between the main axis and a spur that puts out on the east side from near the head of the Carson River. Its forested shores go curving in and out around many an emerald bay and pine-crowned promontory, and its waters are everywhere as keenly pure as any to be found among the highest mountains. Donner Lake,...
Page 48 - ... earnest nature, and thoughtful, closely observing, and original mind. I have talked much with him today about the probable manner in which Yosemite was formed. He fully agrees with me that the peculiar cleavage of the rock is a most important point, which must not be left out of account. He further believes that the valley has been wholly formed by causes still in operation in the Sierra — that the Merced Glacier and the Merced River and its branches, when we take into consideration the peculiar...