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Show llko a delicate scarf. At sunset the waters aro llko a mass of Jowels formed by tho myriads of rainbows. Just back of tho Falls rise the Cathedral Rocks, so named on account of tholr resemblance to the Duomo at Florence, Italy. These rocks lift their heads Boveral hundred feot abov the valley. El Capltan, the mighty buttress of rock which has been so often compared com-pared to tho rock of Gibraltar, is nearby. near-by. It Is not a beautiful mountain but Its vaat,ieas Is Impressive with Us vortical front of gray rock standing thirty-three hundred feet high. A thin stream of water washes tho sldo of the peaks, dropping about eight hundred hun-dred feot llko a tiny ribbon. This Is known as the Widow's Toars, and when the driver was asked why such a pecullnr namo was given to the stroam ho answered "because It only flowed two months." Tho Throe Brothers, Eaglo Peak and Sontlnel Rock, aro passed boforo reaching the hostelry a comfortable house nestling In tho shadow of this massive rock. Those who prefer camp life will find a number num-ber of woll run tohled villages. The whole reservation Is patrollod by United Unit-ed States soldiers who aro quick to I put a stop to disorder or vandalism, j Months might bo spent in tho Yo-Isernlto, Yo-Isernlto, but unfortunately tho workaday world will not permit tho averago person per-son to linger for so long a time In this paradise of nature, but this fact need not deter tho traveler as ono can gain a fair Idea of Its beauties In a few days stay. Trails lead to tho different dif-ferent points of Interest and thoso who aro fond of walking aro enthusiastic over the mannor In which they aro laid out and marked. One of these loads to Yosemlte Falls that great mass of water which In three leaps makes a descent of twenty-six hundred hun-dred feet with a roar that reverberates reverber-ates from cliff to cliff and shakes windows win-dows a milo away. The water shoots ovor the rocks with an amazing velocity ve-locity and In masses which resemble a comet with a long streaming tall like combed silk. Tho water balls fall with a hissing sound, bursting when they arc half way down, into feathery spray and losing their Identity In the mist. Llko tho Bridal Veil tho Yo-Blg Yo-Blg Trees. The big tree section of tho yosemito, yo-semito, known as Mariposa Grovo Is in Its way quite as wonderful as tho 'peaks and watorfalls, for thero ono j looks upon tho groat sequoias rivalling I the rc-motcst history In tho matter of age and Incomparable In their growth and the symmetry of their branches. Ono of the trees has been tunnollod (and tho coach passes through the trunk, tho circumference of which Is about ninety-six feet. Anothor tree known as tho Grizzly Giant is nearly ninety-four feet In clrcumfcrenco and twenty-two people can barely onclrclo Its girth touching finger-tips. The first branch is practically a treo in Itself, being ten Icet In diameter and ono hundred and twenty-flvo feet from tho ground. It still ripens its seed with unfailing regularity although tho botanists declare that It has already reached the rlpo old ago of Ave thousand thou-sand years. The Yosomlte, too, Is a never-ending Joy to tho mountain climbor, for there Half Dome with Its glacier swept sides and lofty Mount Starr King are worthy the prowess of an export, while Eagle Rock, El Capltan, North Dome and the Threo Brothors will keep tho amateur mountain climbor busy. Glacier Point. Tho greatest of all trips in tho Yosemito Is tho ono to Glacier Point, and anybody who can sit upon the back of a trail horse may mako the Journey in safety. Starting from tho hotel early In tho morning tho guldo leads ono through tho rlower-covored meadows and Into tho woods along a shady trail to what is known as Mirror Lake a littlo body of water nestled at tho foot of a peak which Us reflected In its waters with such per- yam P&jp-e?Ws sSStr 2$O0 Fee? fectness that It Is extremoly difficult In a photograph to tell which is reflection reflec-tion and whioh is tho original. Tho horses are mounted at this point and then begins a Journey of scenlo grandeur grand-eur unoxcolled In any land. The road runs bosldo tho restless Merced Rlvor, past tho Happy Isles and ovor the bridge near tho Silver Apron, a portion por-tion of tho river which, is a mlnlaturo Niagara whirlpool. After a while you catch a glimpse of tho glorious Vornal Falls pouring 2 r mmmemm its whlto foam down tho dark canyon in a staid, orderly manner and keeping keep-ing tho follago on Its sides green by its Incessant baptism. The rlvor at this point is about eighty feot wide and tho drop is over threo hundred and fifty feet, A trail leads to tho top where there is a levol plateau over which tho climber may walk in safety along tho river as it comes from Emerald Pool and watch the changing chang-ing color of tho water as It leaps over tho precipice. I I A mile or more further on tho trail H comes upon tho Nevada Falls, the JM same stream which at this point forms H a sloping falls six hundred feot in H height and in point of beauty rivals H tho Yosemlte and Bridal Veil, al- M though it is of an enttroly different type, and Is regarded as one of the i most remarkable waterfalls in tho H world. Its leaps aro made by twists H and turns, and it swishes out of pot H holes In Its descent until tho water H Is so churned that it becomes a mass H of white foam, Indeed, at a dlstanco H tho profllo vlow makes tho falls ap- pear like a great mass of snow. The iH setting of the Nevada Falls is par- tlcularly beautiful with the Liberty H Cap and Mount Brodcrlck at its back. H Tho travelers dismount there to glvo the horses a rest before the climb up H the zig-zag trail bogins an Ingenious H path built up against tho sido of tho :H mountain. Half an hour later Glacier IH Point Is reached and tho tired riders jH dismount to feast their eyes on the 'H glories of miles of snow-capped moun- ,H Standing on the hanging rook at this H point at an altltudo of sovon thou- H band and thirty-two hundred feet H abovo the lovol of the valley boneath, H one gazes outward toward the high H Sierras and beholds a panorama of H natural beauty perhaps unsurpassed H in the world, for each peak or sorlos of H peaks rises higher, torraco-llke, until" H tho view is lost in tho meet of the JH mountains and tho sky. Tho Merced H Rlvor may bo traced for miles almost H to Its source, whero like a tiny thread jH of silver it scorns to lay upon tho gray H rocks or the greon mountain Bides or iH ovon lost now and then as it appears ,H to mingle with the peronnlal snow- M capped hills, winding its way by leaps iH and bounds from its small boginnlng H in tho lofty peaks far beyond until It M reaches tho valloy, a big, rushing river. H One looks down on tho Yosomlto Falls IbbbbbbI and El Capltan with Its Wldow'B Tears SbbbbbbI scarcely visiblo from this distance. H South Dome looms up in all its ma- HH Jesty; tho Liberty Cap lifts Its mighty LH head toward "Its placo In tho sun;" jH tho Vernal Fall3 and tho Navada Falls liH are seen shining In tho green gorge, fsifl whilo tho hotel in tho valloy appears jH llko a tiny hut. Late In the IhH aftornoon as the sun passes over tho fsLsss! mountain's edge Its rays bring out tho H beauty and grandeur of that eastern H view. First the entire eastern land- M scapo is aglow with tho soft, even light jH of tho departing day playing upon the H hills and mountains and otreama and lisssssi snow and ice a scene of Indescribable ftLsssi beauty; and as shadows gather ono by IH one tho peaks lose tho blaze of the Bun H until some lofty spire In the dim dls- IH tanco gives tho last kiss to another uisfl day and darkness falls over tho land H and this is ono of tho many charms jH of that most delightful spot tho To- jH semlto Valley. H WSL I |