The Mountains of California

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The Mountains of California

by John Muir

Contents

I THE SIERRA NEVADA
II THE GLACIERS
III THE SNOW
IV A NEAR VIEW OF THE HIGH SIERRA
V THE PASSES
VI THE GLACIER LAKES
VII THE GLACIER MEADOWS
VIII THE FORESTS
IX THE DOUGLAS SQUIRREL
X A WIND-STORM IN THE FORESTS
XI THE RIVER FLOODS
XII SIERRA THUNDER-STORMS
XIII THE WATER-OUZEL
XIV THE WILD SHEEP
XV IN THE SIERRA FOOT-HILLS
XVI THE BEE-PASTURES
HOOFED LOCUSTS

HOOFED LOCUSTS.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

HOOFED LOCUSTS
MOUNT TAMALPAIS—NORTH OF THE GOLDEN GATE
MAP OF THE SIERRA NEVADA
MOUNT SHASTA
MOUNT HOOD
MAP OF THE GLACIER COUNTRY
MOUNT RAINIER; NORTH PUYALLUP GLACIER FROM EAGLE CLIFF
KOLANA ROCK, HETCH-HETCHY VALLEY
GENERAL GRANT TREE, GENERAL GRANT NATIONAL PARK
MAP OF THE YOSEMITE VALLEY
MAP OF THE YOSEMITE VALLEY, SHOWING PRESENT RESERVATION BOUNDARY
RANCHERIA FALLS, HETCH-HETCHY VALLEY
VIEW OF THE MONO PLAIN FROM THE FOOT OF BLOODY CAÑON
LAKE TENAYA, ONE OF THE YOSEMITE FOUNTAINS
THE DEATH OF A LAKE
SHADOW LAKE (MERCED LAKE), YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK
VERNAL FALL, YOSEMITE VALLEY
LAKE STARR KING
VIEW IN THE SIERRA FOREST
EDGE OF THE TIMBER LINE ON MOUNT SHASTA
VIEW IN THE MAIN PINE BELT OF THE SIERRA FOREST
NUT PINE
THE GROVE FORM
LOWER MARGIN OF THE MAIN PINE BELT, SHOWING OPEN CHARACTER OF WOODS
SUGAR PINE ON EXPOSED RIDGE
YOUNG SUGAR PINE BEGINNING TO BEAR CONES
FOREST OF SEQUOIA, SUGAR PINE, AND DOUGLAS SPRUCE
PINUS PONDEROSA
SILVER PINE 210 FEET HIGH
INCENSE CEDAR IN ITS PRIME
FOREST OF GRAND SILVER FIRS
VIEW OF FOREST OF THE MAGNIFICENT SILVER FIR
SILVER-FIR FOREST GROWING ON MORAINES OF THE HOFFMAN AND TENAYA GLACIERS
SEQUOIA GIGANTEA. VIEW IN GENERAL GRANT NATIONAL PARK
MUIR GORGE, TUOLUMNE CAÑON—YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK
VIEW IN TUOLUMNE CAÑON, YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK
JUNIPER, OR RED CEDAR
STORM-BEATEN JUNIPERS
STORM-BEATEN HEMLOCK SPRUCE, FORTY FEET HIGH
GROUP OF ERECT DWARF PINES
A DWARF PINE
OAK GROWING AMONG YELLOW PINES
PATE VALLEY, SHOWING THE OAKS. TUOLUMNE CAÑON, YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK
TRACK OF DOUGLAS SQUIRREL ONCE DOWN AND UP A PINE-TREE WHEN SHOWING OFF TO A SPECTATOR
SEEDS, WINGS, AND SCALE OF SUGAR PINE
TRYING THE BOW
A WIND-STORM IN THE CALIFORNIA FORESTS
YELLOW PINE AND LIBOCEDRUS
BRIDAL VEIL FALLS, YOSEMITE VALLEY
WATER-OUZEL DIVING AND FEEDING
ONE OF THE LATE-SUMMER FEEDING-GROUNDS OF THE OUZEL
OUZEL ENTERING A WHITE CURRENT
THE OUZEL AT HOME
YOSEMITE BIRDS, SNOW-COUND AT THE FOOT OF INDIAN CAÑON
SNOW-BOUND ON MOUNT SHASTA
HEAD OF THE MERINO RAM
HEAD OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN WILD SHEEP
CROSSING A CAÑON STREAM
WILD SHEEP JUMPING OVER A PRECIPICE
INDIANS HUNTING WILD SHEEP
A BEE-RANCH IN LOWER CALIFORNIA
WILD BEE GARDEN
IN THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY.—WHITE SAGE
A BEE-RANCH ON A SPUR OF THE SAN GABRIEL RANGE.—CARDINAL FLOWER
WILD BUCKWHEAT.—A BEE-RANCH IN THE WILDERNESS
A BEE-PASTURE ON THE MORAINE DESERT.—SPANISH BAYONET
A BEE-KEEPER’S CABIN
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Author
John Muir
Subject
Natural history -- California
California -- Description and travel
Naturalists -- United States -- Biography
Muir, John, 1838-1914 -- Travel -- Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.)
Natural history -- Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.)
Mountain ecology -- California
Mountain ecology -- Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.)
Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.)
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
English
Source name
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Source uri
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