Show THE GREAT FALLI falt FALI OF YOSEMITE YO SEMITE VALLEY the editor of the mariposa gazette deschi describes bes a trip lie he recently made to the famous yosemite yo semite or paradise valley lying far up the mountains near nean ear the head waters of the merced sac union our party consisted of eight persons we started from mcneil monell reynolds camp on the morning of wednesday the instant keeping an eastern direction for about eight in miles fles and crossing the heads leads of the north alid and middle forks of oatha the Cho chillas we came upon the south fork of the tha same river up which we ascended in a direction nearly north to the top of lle ile lie the divide between the Cho chillas and the south fork of the merced descending from that river nver we ise camped for the first night in a deep valley known as spring valley distant from man map mariposa posa about twenty five miles and at an elevation above tide water as shown by the barometer of 1650 feet on the next day following down the southfork south Bouth Fork of the merc mere merced ed about five miles keeping ke thence to the right cro crossing eging a number of high divides di ydes and as often descending into de deep ep valleys oyer over a difficult alid and often times dangerous trail we arrived at the top of the mountain moun tun overlooking the vuey at A 4 p m descended about half way A point destitute of trees revealed tile tle 0 object of our journey lying far below ng us em era b bosomed 08 omd in green A wall of enclosed the whole valley and rising perpendicularly to the height of thousands of feet feit a waterfall inthe in the distance flowing flow in g 0 over an abrupt ireca precipice of more than seven hundred fee fed presented a vie A gnand grand bet bez itil ifal un at surpassed r p sv tw i behave oil earthy tand rand i we the valey valley end pud encamped encamped weary we iry and worn 1 anteia after a fatiguing days travel of about r the villey vally is about eight miles in la length bength and lies east and west and from three of amile a mile mlle to a mile m it 19 cove r ed by a heay heiy heuy growth of pines and oaks grass is I 1 9 luxuriant in all parts of the valley the tho first fall is upon the tile south side of the volley valley one yae vae mile fro from the entrance it was judged to fall seven seven undred hundred li feet the volume on ork water 1 is mall small at this season compared to what it must be in the season of melting snows but there is now quite a stream ru running the gila water comes over the fail full in a broad inroad she bhe sheet etz y f idrogo ti of sf globules glo gio bules lall lais I 1 c 11 come wavering 11 through the air leaving b behind a traia train of mist which follows like the train of a rocket kou about t three miles f further up the valley talley thre is a filu Allu aloupou ft ll upon pou rou tilo the north side which is much higher thai than the onet eil ell of or A small smail amount of ua wa tr tar js is now running but swelled by melting snows ft it must bo be a sight beyond description |