Show THE YOSEMITE VALLEY A ren pen victure Ilc turo or of lite scenery keener f I 1 tu llo lie rud ahr john melr writing in tho the century gives ono one of 0 the best word paintings ot of tile tho sierra scenery over put in print ot of tile tho sierra r ango ina c tho mulloy Is situated lie says lit in general blows no mark of 0 nun inan Is 11 visible upon it nor any thing to suggest Bug cst tho wonderful depth and grandeur lour 0 of its sculpture nono none of its it crowned ridges seems to r lisp ise much above the general level to publish its wraith wealth no groat valloy valley or river la Is seen or ot of well arr rn priced features toa of 0 any kind standing out as a distinct pictures alvon E yon tho the surat nit peaks marshaled in glorious glor lous array no lie lilli in tile tho sky alcy seem smooth arld featureless tho the whole range Is ili furrowed tarrow oil with canyons canyon to a I 1 depth ot of front from 1 2000 to fort in ill once flowed tio glaciers lavitra lao itra and in which now flow and sing aln tho the bright marra riv alvors ors mi M i 1 2 e cc lenth with rough lias s a es hero and there they tire aro mostly smooth open pathways pathway conducting to the alio fountains of 0 tile tho summit mountain streets nil fall 0 of lifo and light graded and r sculptured by tho the glaciers and presenta r all tilt their ir courses a rici rich I 1 bark an fly ty of nual el and attractive scenery tho flit 3 I 1 most 11 ost attractive thit that lias ilas yet ikin discovered covered lis in fit tho the mountain ranges ot of I 1 the world orld lit in many places aspeci 11 lly y lit in tile alio ini middle lIlo region of tile tho noaten 1 I fla lank nh tho iraln canyons widen into apa sp clous valleys or parks paries of 0 charming I 1 bority rile most famous and ot of these canyon valleys and also the ono one that presents their most moat striking ing anil and sub litno features on the gran grandmont dont scale calo la is tile yosemite situated altu itol on tho alio upper tipper waters ot of abo it at an elevation clovi tion of feet abobo the lovel lel of 0 tile sea BOI it is about seven miles long halt i a mile to 1 a I rollo little wide and nearly n mile dec deep P antl and la Is cirod carved in ili tile solid granite llund ot of the range tho ibo ot tile tho valloy alloy it uio re mido mad 0 up tip of reeks mountains lit in size partly p separated sop from rom each other by sido side canyons nna and gorges and they are aio so BO in ili front and so compactly compa comp otly notly and harmoniously built to together gother on oil it a level floor that tho the place comprehensively see son loola looks like alko some hall ball or temple lighted front above hut but no templo mado made v with ith hands can comp iio 0 o with every rock in its walls valls seems to glow with life some homo toan loin bauk in ill majestic propose othe otecia r ls absolutely or nearly so ao for tho thousands of foot feet advance beyond their companions in thoughtful attitudes attitude div 1119 welcome to storms and calms alike seemingly conscious yot yet heedless of thing on about thorn them awful lit ill stern immovable ina majesty josty how softly these mountain rocks aro are adorned and how ino and reassuring suring tile company they keep their foot feet sot set in groves and gay emerald meadows their brows in tho the thin blue sky a thou thousand and flowers loaning confidingly against their adamantine bosses blasc 8 bathea in hoods floods of booming water floods ot of light while snow clouds winds avalanches shino shine and tug and wreathe about them us as tho the years go tyl hards bees butterflies and myriads of 0 TIM nameless el ess wings stir tho the air into music and give glad animation uelma down through tho the midst lows flows tho the crystal morcom lercel river of 0 morcy gladin sliding g reflecting lilies and trees all and tile tho king rocks things trail frail and floo floeting ting and types ot of endurance mooting meeting hero here and blending blend ln in countless forms us as it into tills this on ono mountain man stun sion nature had bad gathered ca her bor choicest choices t treasures resl whether great or small to draw ira w her lovers into close and confiding communion wi with tit it her I 1 r sauntering towards yosemite up the to loot ot hills richer and ami wilder become tho the forests and st streams at an elevation of 0 feet above tho the level ot of tho the bea ea tho the silver firs aro are feet high with branch OR cit M mund around und tile tho colossal sila shafta t in regula anler and every etory branch beautifully like a fern leat kat tito douglas dougla spruce and tho the yellow yellowed ild pines hero here reach their highest of bounty beauty and grandeur and tile tho rich brown harked barked Ilbo with warm boilo el lowgreen low w green plu inca tho majos t I 1 feo lo 10 too Is hero here tile king of cul I 1 I 1 r thu noblest ot of a boblo raco race all those colossal trees aro na as wonderful in tile fineco nesi of their beauty anil and proportions as in st stature aturo growing together an absom blago of 0 conifers tors surpassing all that havo yet been discovered in tho the forests of tile world hero indeed Is tho the tree lovora lovers paradiso paradise tile woods dry and wholesome blotting in tho the light lit in shim in cring masses half sunshine halt half shade tile tho air indescribably spicy and exhilarating plushy fir boughs tor for beds and cascades ua cas beades eades to sing us asleep as wo we gadu through the abo trees to the stars stara |