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mtn0001 CHAPTER EIGHT PART TWO OF THE MOUNTAINS OF CALIFORNIA THIS IS A LIBRIVOX RECORDING
mtn0002 ALL LIBRIVOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER
mtn0003 PLEASE VISIT LIBRIVOX DOT ORG THE MOUNTAINS OF CALIFORNIA BY JOHN MUIR CHAPTER EIGHT
mtn0004 THE FORESTS PART TWO BIG TREE SEQUOIA GIGANTEA BETWEEN THE HEAVY PINE AND SILVER FIR BELTS WE FIND THE BIG TREE
mtn0005 THE KING OF ALL THE CONIFERS IN THE WORLD THE NOBLEST OF A NOBLE RACE
mtn0006 IT EXTENDS IN A WIDELY INTERRUPTED BELT FROM A SMALL GROVE ON THE MIDDLE FORK OF THE AMERICAN RIVER
mtn0007 TO THE HEAD OF DEER CREEK A DISTANCE OF ABOUT TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY MILES
mtn0008 THE NORTHERN LIMIT BEING NEAR THE THIRTY NINTH PARALLEL THE SOUTHERN A LITTLE BELOW THE THIRTY SIXTH
mtn0009 AND THE ELEVATION OF THE BELT ABOVE THE SEA VARIES FROM ABOUT FIVE THOUSAND TO EIGHT THOUSAND FEET
mtn0010 FROM THE AMERICAN RIVER GROVE TO THE FOREST ON KING'S RIVER THE SPECIES OCCURS ONLY IN SMALL ISOLATED GROUPS
mtn0011 SO SPARSELY DISTRIBUTED ALONG THE BELT THAT THREE OF THE GAPS IN IT ARE FROM FORTY TO SIXTY MILES WIDE
mtn0012 BUT FROM KING'S RIVER SOUTHWARD THE SEQUOIA IS NOT RESTRICTED TO MERE GROVES
mtn0013 BUT EXTENDS ACROSS THE BROAD RUGGED BASINS OF THE KAWEAH AND TULE RIVERS IN NOBLE FORESTS
mtn0014 A DISTANCE OF NEARLY SEVENTY MILES THE CONTINUITY OF THIS PART OF THE BELT BEING BROKEN ONLY BY DEEP CANONS
mtn0015 THE FRESNO THE LARGEST OF THE NORTHERN GROVES OCCUPIES AN AREA OF THREE OR FOUR SQUARE MILES
mtn0016 A SHORT DISTANCE TO THE SOUTHWARD OF THE FAMOUS MARIPOSA GROVE
mtn0017 ALONG THE BEVELED RIM OF THE CANON OF THE SOUTH FORK OF KING'S RIVER
mtn0018 THERE IS A MAJESTIC FOREST OF SEQUOIA ABOUT SIX MILES LONG BY TWO WIDE
mtn0019 THIS IS THE NORTHERNMOST ASSEMBLAGE OF BIG TREES THAT MAY FAIRLY BE CALLED A FOREST
mtn0020 DESCENDING THE PRECIPITOUS DIVIDE BETWEEN THE KING'S RIVER AND KAWEAH YOU ENTER
mtn0021 THE GRAND FORESTS THAT FORM THE MAIN CONTINUOUS PORTION OF THE BELT ADVANCING SOUTHWARD
mtn0022 THE GIANTS BECOME MORE AND MORE IRREPRESSIBLY EXUBERANT
mtn0023 HEAVING THEIR MASSIVE CROWNS INTO THE SKY FROM EVERY RIDGE AND SLOPE AND WAVING ONWARD IN GRACEFUL COMPLIANCE
mtn0024 WITH THE COMPLICATED TOPOGRAPHY OF THE REGION
mtn0025 THE FINEST OF THE KAWEAH SECTION OF THE BELT IS ON THE BROAD RIDGE BETWEEN MARBLE CREEK AND THE MIDDLE FORK
mtn0026 AND EXTENDS FROM THE GRANITE HEADLANDS OVERLOOKING THE HOT PLAINS TO WITHIN A FEW MILES
mtn0027 OF THE COOL GLACIAL FOUNTAINS OF THE SUMMIT PEAKS
mtn0028 THE EXTREME UPPER LIMIT OF THE BELT IS REACHED BETWEEN THE MIDDLE AND SOUTH FORKS OF THE KAWEAH AT
mtn0029 AN ELEVATION OF EIGHTY FOUR HUNDRED FEET BUT THE FINEST BLOCK OF BIG TREE FOREST IN THE ENTIRE BELT
mtn0030 IS ON THE NORTH FORK OF TULE RIVER IN THE NORTHERN GROVES THERE ARE COMPARATIVELY FEW YOUNG TREES OR SAPLINGS
mtn0031 BUT HERE FOR EVERY OLD STORM STRICKEN GIANT THERE ARE MANY IN ALL THE GLORY OF PRIME VIGOR
mtn0032 AND FOR EACH OF THESE A CROWD OF EAGER HOPEFUL YOUNG TREES AND SAPLINGS GROWING HEARTILY ON MORAINES
mtn0033 ROCKY LEDGES ALONG WATERCOURSES AND IN THE MOIST ALLUVIUM OF MEADOWS SEEMINGLY IN HOT PURSUIT
mtn0034 OF ETERNAL LIFE BUT THOUGH THE AREA OCCUPIED BY THE SPECIES INCREASES SO MUCH FROM NORTH TO SOUTH
mtn0035 THERE IS NO MARKED INCREASE IN THE SIZE OF THE TREES
mtn0036 A HEIGHT OF TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY FIVE FEET
mtn0037 AND A DIAMETER NEAR THE GROUND OF ABOUT TWENTY FEET IS PERHAPS ABOUT THE AVERAGE SIZE OF FULL GROWN TREES FAVORABLY SITUATED
mtn0038 SPECIMENS TWENTY FIVE FEET IN DIAMETER ARE NOT VERY RARE AND A FEW ARE NEARLY THREE HUNDRED FEET HIGH IN
mtn0039 THE CALAVERAS GROVE THERE ARE FOUR TREES OVER THREE HUNDRED FEET IN HEIGHT
mtn0040 THE TALLEST OF WHICH BY CAREFUL MEASUREMENT IS THREE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE FEET
mtn0041 THE LARGEST I HAVE YET MET IN THE COURSE OF MY EXPLORATIONS
mtn0042 IS A MAJESTIC OLD SCARRED MONUMENT IN THE KING'S RIVER FOREST
mtn0043 IT IS THIRTY FIVE FEET EIGHT INCHES IN DIAMETER INSIDE THE BARK FOUR FEET FROM THE GROUND
mtn0044 UNDER THE MOST FAVORABLE CONDITIONS THESE GIANTS PROBABLY LIVE FIVE THOUSAND YEARS OR MORE THOUGH FEW
mtn0045 OF EVEN THE LARGER TREES ARE MORE THAN HALF AS OLD
mtn0046 I NEVER SAW A BIG TREE THAT HAD DIED A NATURAL DEATH
mtn0047 BARRING ACCIDENTS THEY SEEM TO BE IMMORTAL BEING EXEMPT FROM ALL THE DISEASES
mtn0048 THAT AFFLICT AND KILL OTHER TREES UNLESS DESTROYED BY MAN THEY LIVE ON INDEFINITELY UNTIL BURNED
mtn0049 SMASHED BY LIGHTNING OR CAST DOWN BY STORMS OR BY THE GIVING WAY OF THE GROUND ON WHICH THEY STAND
mtn0050 THE AGE OF ONE THAT WAS FELLED IN THE CALAVERAS GROVE FOR THE SAKE OF HAVING ITS STUMP FOR A DANCING FLOOR
mtn0051 WAS ABOUT THIRTEEN HUNDRED YEARS AND ITS DIAMETER MEASURED ACROSS THE STUMP TWENTY FOUR FEET INSIDE THE BARK
mtn0052 ANOTHER THAT WAS CUT DOWN IN THE KING'S RIVER FOREST WAS ABOUT THE SAME SIZE
mtn0053 BUT NEARLY A THOUSAND YEARS OLDER TWENTY TWO HUNDRED YEARS THOUGH NOT A VERY OLD LOOKING TREE
mtn0054 IT WAS FELLED TO PROCURE A SECTION FOR EXHIBITION AND
mtn0055 THUS AN OPPORTUNITY WAS GIVEN TO COUNT ITS ANNUAL RINGS OF GROWTH
mtn0056 THE COLOSSAL SCARRED MONUMENT IN THE KING'S RIVER FOREST MENTIONED ABOVE IS BURNED HALF THROUGH
mtn0057 AND I SPENT A DAY IN MAKING AN ESTIMATE OF ITS AGE
mtn0058 CLEARING AWAY THE CHARRED SURFACE WITH AN AX AND CAREFULLY COUNTING THE ANNUAL RINGS WITH THE AID OF A POCKET LENS
mtn0059 THE WOOD RINGS IN THE SECTION I LAID BARE WERE SO INVOLVED AND CONTORTED IN SOME PLACES
mtn0060 THAT I WAS NOT ABLE TO DETERMINE ITS AGE EXACTLY
mtn0061 BUT I COUNTED OVER FOUR THOUSAND RINGS WHICH SHOWED THAT THIS TREE WAS IN ITS PRIME
mtn0062 SWAYING IN THE SIERRA WINDS WHEN CHRIST WALKED THE EARTH
mtn0063 NO OTHER TREE IN THE WORLD AS FAR AS I KNOW
mtn0064 HAS LOOKED DOWN ON SO MANY CENTURIES AS THE SEQUOIA OR OPENS SUCH IMPRESSIVE AND SUGGESTIVE VIEWS INTO HISTORY
mtn0065 SO EXQUISITELY HARMONIOUS AND FINELY BALANCED ARE EVEN THE VERY MIGHTIEST OF THESE MONARCHS OF THE WOODS
mtn0066 IN ALL THEIR PROPORTIONS AND CIRCUMSTANCES THERE NEVER IS ANYTHING OVERGROWN OR MONSTROUS LOOKING ABOUT THEM
mtn0067 ON COMING IN SIGHT OF THEM FOR THE FIRST TIME YOU ARE LIKELY TO SAY
mtn0068 OH SEE WHAT BEAUTIFUL NOBLE LOOKING TREES ARE TOWERING THERE AMONG THE FIRS AND PINES
mtn0069 THEIR GRANDEUR BEING IN THE MEAN TIME IN GREAT PART INVISIBLE
mtn0070 BUT TO THE LIVING EYE IT WILL BE MANIFESTED SOONER OR LATER STEALING SLOWLY ON THE SENSES
mtn0071 LIKE THE GRANDEUR OF NIAGARA OR THE LOFTY YOSEMITE DOMES THEIR GREAT SIZE IS HIDDEN FROM THE INEXPERIENCED OBSERVER
mtn0072 AS LONG AS THEY ARE SEEN AT A DISTANCE IN ONE HARMONIOUS VIEW WHEN HOWEVER
mtn0073 YOU APPROACH THEM AND WALK ROUND THEM YOU BEGIN TO WONDER AT THEIR COLOSSAL SIZE AND SEEK A MEASURING ROD
mtn0074 THESE GIANTS BULGE CONSIDERABLY AT THE BASE BUT NOT MORE THAN IS REQUIRED FOR BEAUTY AND SAFETY
mtn0075 AND THE ONLY REASON THAT THIS BULGING SEEMS IN SOME CASES EXCESSIVE
mtn0076 IS THAT ONLY A COMPARATIVELY SMALL SECTION OF THE SHAFT IS SEEN AT ONCE IN NEAR VIEWS
mtn0077 ONE THAT I MEASURED IN THE KING'S RIVER FOREST WAS TWENTY FIVE FEET IN DIAMETER AT THE GROUND
mtn0078 AND TEN FEET IN DIAMETER TWO HUNDRED FEET ABOVE THE GROUND
mtn0079 SHOWING THAT THE TAPER OF THE TRUNK AS A WHOLE IS CHARMINGLY FINE
mtn0080 AND WHEN YOU STAND BACK FAR ENOUGH TO SEE THE MASSIVE COLUMNS FROM THE SWELLING INSTEP
mtn0081 TO THE LOFTY SUMMIT DISSOLVING IN A DOME OF VERDURE
mtn0082 YOU REJOICE IN THE UNRIVALED DISPLAY OF COMBINED GRANDEUR AND BEAUTY
mtn0083 ABOUT A HUNDRED FEET OR MORE OF THE TRUNK IS USUALLY BRANCHLESS
mtn0084 BUT ITS MASSIVE SIMPLICITY IS RELIEVED BY THE BARK FURROWS
mtn0085 WHICH INSTEAD OF MAKING AN IRREGULAR NETWORK RUN EVENLY PARALLEL LIKE THE FLUTING OF AN ARCHITECTURAL COLUMN
mtn0086 AND TO SOME EXTENT BY TUFTS OF SLENDER SPRAYS THAT WAVE LIGHTLY IN THE WINDS
mtn0087 AND CAST FLECKS OF SHADE SEEMING TO HAVE BEEN PINNED ON HERE AND THERE FOR THE SAKE OF BEAUTY ONLY
mtn0088 THE YOUNG TREES HAVE SLENDER SIMPLE BRANCHES DOWN TO THE GROUND PUT ON WITH STRICT REGULARITY
mtn0089 SHARPLY ASPIRING AT THE TOP HORIZONTAL ABOUT HALF WAY DOWN AND DROOPING IN HANDSOME CURVES AT THE BASE
mtn0090 BY THE TIME THE SAPLING IS FIVE OR SIX HUNDRED YEARS OLD THIS SPIRY FEATHERY JUVENILE HABIT
mtn0091 MERGES INTO THE FIRM ROUNDED DOME FORM OF MIDDLE AGE
mtn0092 WHICH IN TURN TAKES ON THE ECCENTRIC PICTURESQUENESS OF OLD AGE
mtn0093 NO OTHER TREE IN THE SIERRA FOREST HAS FOLIAGE SO DENSELY MASSED
mtn0094 OR PRESENTS OUTLINES SO FIRMLY DRAWN AND SO STEADILY SUBORDINATE TO A SPECIAL TYPE
mtn0095 A KNOTTY UNGOVERNABLE LOOKING BRANCH FIVE TO EIGHT FEET THICK
mtn0096 MAY BE SEEN PUSHING OUT ABRUPTLY FROM THE SMOOTH TRUNK
mtn0097 AS IF SURE TO THROW THE REGULAR CURVE INTO CONFUSION
mtn0098 BUT AS SOON AS THE GENERAL OUTLINE IS REACHED IT STOPS SHORT
mtn0099 AND DISSOLVES IN SPREADING BOSSES OF LAW ABIDING SPRAYS JUST AS IF EVERY TREE WERE GROWING BENEATH SOME HUGE
mtn0100 INVISIBLE BELL GLASS AGAINST WHOSE SIDES EVERY BRANCH WAS BEING PRESSED AND MOLDED
mtn0101 YET SOMEHOW INDULGING IN SO MANY SMALL DEPARTURES FROM THE REGULAR FORM
mtn0102 THAT THERE IS STILL AN APPEARANCE OF FREEDOM THE FOLIAGE OF THE SAPLINGS IS DARK BLUISH GREEN IN COLOR
mtn0103 WHILE THE OLDER TREES RIPEN TO A WARM BROWNISH YELLOW TINT LIKE LIBOCEDRUS THE
mtn0104 BARK IS RICH CINNAMON BROWN PURPLISH IN YOUNG TREES AND IN SHADY PORTIONS OF THE OLD
mtn0105 WHILE THE GROUND IS COVERED WITH BROWN LEAVES AND BURS FORMING COLOR MASSES OF EXTRAORDINARY RICHNESS
mtn0106 NOT TO MENTION THE FLOWERS AND UNDERBRUSH THAT REJOICE ABOUT THEM IN THEIR SEASONS
mtn0107 WALK THE SEQUOIA WOODS AT ANY TIME OF YEAR
mtn0108 AND YOU WILL SAY THEY ARE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL AND MAJESTIC ON EARTH
mtn0109 BEAUTIFUL AND IMPRESSIVE CONTRASTS MEET YOU EVERYWHERE THE COLORS OF TREE AND FLOWER ROCK AND SKY
mtn0110 LIGHT AND SHADE STRENGTH AND FRAILTY ENDURANCE AND EVANESCENCE TANGLES OF SUPPLE HAZEL BUSHES
mtn0111 TREE PILLARS ABOUT AS RIGID AS GRANITE DOMES ROSES AND VIOLETS THE SMALLEST OF THEIR KIND
mtn0112 BLOOMING AROUND THE FEET OF THE GIANTS AND RUGS OF THE LOWLY CHAMAEBATIA WHERE THE SUNBEAMS FALL
mtn0113 THEN IN WINTER THE TREES THEMSELVES BREAK FORTH IN BLOOM
mtn0114 MYRIADS OF SMALL FOUR SIDED STAMINATE CONES CROWD THE ENDS OF THE SLENDER SPRAYS
mtn0115 COLORING THE WHOLE TREE AND WHEN RIPE DUSTING THE AIR AND THE GROUND WITH GOLDEN POLLEN
mtn0116 THE FERTILE CONES ARE BRIGHT GRASS GREEN MEASURING ABOUT TWO INCHES IN LENGTH BY ONE AND A HALF IN THICKNESS
mtn0118 WITH FROM FIVE TO EIGHT SEEDS AT THE BASE OF EACH
mtn0119 A SINGLE CONE THEREFORE CONTAINS FROM TWO TO THREE HUNDRED SEEDS
mtn0120 WHICH ARE ABOUT A FOURTH OF AN INCH LONG BY THREE SIXTEENTHS WIDE
mtn0121 INCLUDING A THIN FLAT MARGIN THAT MAKES THEM GO GLANCING AND WAVERING
mtn0122 IN THEIR FALL LIKE A BOY'S KITE
mtn0123 THE FRUITFULNESS OF SEQUOIA MAY BE ILLUSTRATED BY TWO SPECIMEN BRANCHES ONE AND A HALF AND TWO INCHES IN DIAMETER
mtn0124 ON WHICH I COUNTED FOUR HUNDRED AND EIGHTY CONES NO OTHER SIERRA CONIFER PRODUCES NEARLY SO MANY SEEDS
mtn0125 MILLIONS ARE RIPENED ANNUALLY BY A SINGLE TREE AND IN A FRUITFUL YEAR THE PRODUCT OF ONE OF THE NORTHERN GROVES
mtn0126 WOULD BE ENOUGH TO PLANT ALL THE MOUNTAIN RANGES OF THE WORLD NATURE TAKES CARE HOWEVER
mtn0127 THAT NOT ONE SEED IN A MILLION SHALL GERMINATE AT ALL
mtn0128 AND OF THOSE THAT DO PERHAPS NOT ONE IN TEN THOUSAND IS SUFFERED TO LIVE
mtn0129 THROUGH THE MANY VICISSITUDES OF STORM DROUGHT FIRE AND SNOW CRUSHING THAT BESET THEIR YOUTH
mtn0130 THE DOUGLAS SQUIRREL IS THE HAPPY HARVESTER OF MOST OF THE SEQUOIA CONES OUT
mtn0131 OF EVERY HUNDRED PERHAPS NINETY FALL TO HIS SHARE AND UNLESS CUT OFF BY HIS IVORY SICKLE
mtn0132 THEY SHAKE OUT THEIR SEEDS AND REMAIN ON THE TREE FOR MANY YEARS
mtn0133 WATCHING THE SQUIRRELS AT THEIR HARVEST WORK IN THE INDIAN SUMMER IS ONE OF THE MOST DELIGHTFUL DIVERSIONS IMAGINABLE
mtn0134 THE WOODS ARE CALM AND THE RIPE COLORS ARE BLAZING IN ALL THEIR GLORY
mtn0135 THE CONE LADEN TREES STAND MOTIONLESS IN THE WARM HAZY AIR
mtn0136 AND YOU MAY SEE THE CRIMSON CRESTED WOODCOCK THE PRINCE OF SIERRA WOODPECKERS
mtn0137 DRILLING SOME DEAD LIMB OR FALLEN TRUNK WITH HIS BILL
mtn0138 AND EVER AND ANON FILLING THE GLENS WITH HIS HAPPY CACKLE THE HUMMING BIRD TOO
mtn0139 DWELLS IN THESE NOBLE WOODS AND MAY OFTENTIMES BE SEEN GLANCING AMONG THE FLOWERS
mtn0140 OR RESTING WING WEARY ON SOME LEAFLESS TWIG
mtn0141 HERE ALSO ARE THE FAMILIAR ROBIN OF THE ORCHARDS AND THE BROWN AND GRIZZLY BEARS SO OBVIOUSLY FITTED FOR THESE MAJESTIC SOLITUDES
mtn0142 AND THE DOUGLAS SQUIRREL MAKING MORE HILARIOUS EXUBERANT VITAL STIR THAN ALL THE BEARS BIRDS AND HUMMING WINGS TOGETHER
mtn0143 AS SOON AS ANY ACCIDENT HAPPENS TO THE CROWN OF THESE SEQUOIAS
mtn0144 SUCH AS BEING STRICKEN OFF BY LIGHTNING OR BROKEN BY STORMS
mtn0145 THEN THE BRANCHES BENEATH THE WOUND NO MATTER HOW SITUATED
mtn0146 SEEM TO BE EXCITED LIKE A COLONY OF BEES THAT HAVE LOST THEIR QUEEN AND
mtn0147 BECOME ANXIOUS TO REPAIR THE DAMAGE LIMBS THAT HAVE GROWN OUTWARD FOR CENTURIES AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE TRUNK
mtn0148 BEGIN TO TURN UPWARD TO ASSIST IN MAKING A NEW CROWN
mtn0149 EACH SPEEDILY ASSUMING THE SPECIAL FORM OF TRUE SUMMITS EVEN IN THE CASE OF MERE STUMPS
mtn0150 BURNED HALF THROUGH SOME MERE ORNAMENTAL TUFT WILL TRY TO GO ALOFT
mtn0151 AND DO ITS BEST AS A LEADER IN FORMING A NEW HEAD
mtn0152 GROUPS OF TWO OR THREE OF THESE GRAND TREES ARE OFTEN FOUND STANDING CLOSE TOGETHER
mtn0153 THE SEEDS FROM WHICH THEY SPRANG HAVING PROBABLY GROWN ON GROUND CLEARED FOR THEIR RECEPTION
mtn0154 BY THE FALL OF A LARGE TREE OF A FORMER GENERATION
mtn0155 THESE PATCHES OF FRESH MELLOW SOIL BESIDE THE UPTURNED ROOTS OF THE FALLEN GIANT
mtn0156 MAY BE FROM FORTY TO SIXTY FEET WIDE AND THEY ARE SPEEDILY OCCUPIED BY SEEDLINGS
mtn0157 OUT OF THESE SEEDLING THICKETS PERHAPS TWO OR THREE MAY BECOME TREES
mtn0158 FORMING THOSE CLOSE GROUPS CALLED THREE GRACES LOVING COUPLES ETC
mtn0159 FOR EVEN SUPPOSING THAT THE TREES SHOULD STAND TWENTY OR THIRTY FEET APART WHILE YOUNG
mtn0160 BY THE TIME THEY ARE FULL GROWN THEIR TRUNKS WILL TOUCH AND CROWD AGAINST EACH OTHER AND EVEN APPEAR AS ONE IN SOME CASES
mtn0161 IT IS GENERALLY BELIEVED THAT THIS GRAND SEQUOIA WAS ONCE FAR MORE WIDELY DISTRIBUTED OVER THE SIERRA
mtn0162 BUT AFTER LONG AND CAREFUL STUDY I HAVE COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT IT NEVER WAS
mtn0163 AT LEAST SINCE THE CLOSE OF THE GLACIAL PERIOD BECAUSE A DILIGENT SEARCH
mtn0164 ALONG THE MARGINS OF THE GROVES AND IN THE GAPS BETWEEN
mtn0165 FAILS TO REVEAL A SINGLE TRACE OF ITS PREVIOUS EXISTENCE BEYOND ITS PRESENT BOUNDS
mtn0166 NOTWITHSTANDING I FEEL CONFIDENT THAT IF EVERY SEQUOIA IN THE RANGE WERE TO DIE TO DAY NUMEROUS MONUMENTS OF THEIR EXISTENCE WOULD REMAIN
mtn0167 OF SO IMPERISHABLE A NATURE AS TO BE AVAILABLE FOR THE STUDENT MORE THAN TEN THOUSAND YEARS HENCE
mtn0168 IN THE FIRST PLACE WE MIGHT NOTICE THAT NO SPECIES OF CONIFEROUS TREE IN THE RANGE KEEPS ITS INDIVIDUALS SO WELL TOGETHER
mtn0169 AS SEQUOIA A MILE IS PERHAPS THE GREATEST DISTANCE OF ANY STRAGGLER FROM THE MAIN BODY
mtn0170 AND ALL OF THOSE STRAGGLERS THAT HAVE COME UNDER MY OBSERVATION ARE YOUNG INSTEAD OF OLD MONUMENTAL TREES
mtn0171 RELICS OF A MORE EXTENDED GROWTH AGAIN SEQUOIA TRUNKS FREQUENTLY ENDURE FOR CENTURIES AFTER THEY FALL
mtn0172 I HAVE A SPECIMEN BLOCK CUT FROM A FALLEN TRUNK WHICH IS HARDLY DISTINGUISHABLE FROM SPECIMENS CUT FROM LIVING TREES
mtn0173 ALTHOUGH THE OLD TRUNK FRAGMENT FROM WHICH IT WAS DERIVED HAS LAIN IN THE DAMP FOREST MORE THAN THREE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY YEARS
mtn0174 PROBABLY THRICE AS LONG THE TIME MEASURE IN THE CASE IS SIMPLY THIS
mtn0175 WHEN THE PONDEROUS TRUNK TO WHICH THE OLD VESTIGE BELONGED FELL
mtn0176 IT SUNK ITSELF INTO THE GROUND THUS MAKING A LONG STRAIGHT DITCH
mtn0177 AND IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS DITCH A SILVER FIR IS GROWING
mtn0178 THAT IS NOW FOUR FEET IN DIAMETER AND THREE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY YEARS OLD
mtn0179 AS DETERMINED BY CUTTING IT HALF THROUGH AND COUNTING THE RINGS
mtn0180 THUS DEMONSTRATING THAT THE REMNANT OF THE TRUNK THAT MADE THE DITCH HAS LAIN ON THE GROUND
mtn0181 MORE THAN THREE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY YEARS
mtn0182 FOR IT IS EVIDENT THAT TO FIND THE WHOLE TIME WE MUST ADD TO THE THREE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY YEARS
mtn0183 THE TIME THAT THE VANISHED PORTION OF THE TRUNK LAY IN THE DITCH
mtn0184 BEFORE BEING BURNED OUT OF THE WAY PLUS THE TIME THAT PASSED BEFORE THE SEED FROM WHICH THE MONUMENTAL FIR SPRANG
mtn0185 FELL INTO THE PREPARED SOIL AND TOOK ROOT
mtn0186 NOW BECAUSE SEQUOIA TRUNKS ARE NEVER WHOLLY CONSUMED IN ONE FOREST FIRE AND THOSE FIRES RECUR ONLY AT CONSIDERABLE INTERVALS AND
mtn0187 BECAUSE SEQUOIA DITCHES AFTER BEING CLEARED ARE OFTEN LEFT UNPLANTED FOR CENTURIES IT
mtn0188 BECOMES EVIDENT THAT THE TRUNK REMNANT IN QUESTION MAY PROBABLY HAVE LAIN A THOUSAND YEARS OR MORE
mtn0189 AND THIS INSTANCE IS BY NO MEANS A RARE ONE BUT
mtn0190 ADMITTING THAT UPON THOSE AREAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN ONCE COVERED WITH SEQUOIA
mtn0191 EVERY TREE MAY HAVE FALLEN AND EVERY TRUNK MAY HAVE BEEN BURNED OR BURIED
mtn0192 LEAVING NOT A REMNANT MANY OF THE DITCHES MADE BY THE FALL OF THE PONDEROUS TRUNKS
mtn0193 AND THE BOWLS MADE BY THEIR UPTURNING ROOTS
mtn0194 WOULD REMAIN PATENT FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS AFTER THE LAST VESTIGE OF THE TRUNKS THAT MADE THEM HAD VANISHED
mtn0195 MUCH OF THIS DITCH WRITING WOULD NO DOUBT BE QUICKLY EFFACED
mtn0196 BY THE FLOOD ACTION OF OVERFLOWING STREAMS AND RAIN WASHING
mtn0197 BUT NO INCONSIDERABLE PORTION WOULD REMAIN ENDURINGLY ENGRAVED ON RIDGE TOPS BEYOND SUCH DESTRUCTIVE ACTION
mtn0198 FOR WHERE ALL THE CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE IT IS ALMOST IMPERISHABLE
mtn0199 NOW THESE HISTORIC DITCHES AND ROOT BOWLS OCCUR IN ALL THE PRESENT SEQUOIA GROVES AND FORESTS
mtn0200 BUT AS FAR AS I HAVE OBSERVED NOT THE FAINTEST VESTIGE OF ONE PRESENTS ITSELF OUTSIDE OF THEM
mtn0201 WE THEREFORE CONCLUDE THAT THE AREA COVERED BY SEQUOIA
mtn0202 HAS NOT BEEN DIMINISHED DURING THE LAST EIGHT OR TEN THOUSAND YEARS AND
mtn0203 PROBABLY NOT AT ALL IN POST GLACIAL TIMES IS THE SPECIES VERGING TO EXTINCTION
mtn0204 WHAT ARE ITS RELATIONS TO CLIMATE SOIL AND ASSOCIATED TREES ALL THE PHENOMENA BEARING ON THESE QUESTIONS ALSO THROW LIGHT
mtn0205 AS WE SHALL ENDEAVOR TO SHOW UPON THE PECULIAR DISTRIBUTION OF THE SPECIES
mtn0206 AND SUSTAIN THE CONCLUSION ALREADY ARRIVED AT ON THE QUESTION OF EXTENSION IN
mtn0207 THE NORTHERN GROUPS AS WE HAVE SEEN THERE ARE FEW YOUNG TREES OR SAPLINGS
mtn0208 GROWING UP AROUND THE FAILING OLD ONES TO PERPETUATE THE RACE
mtn0209 AND IN AS MUCH AS THOSE AGED SEQUOIAS SO NEARLY CHILDLESS ARE
mtn0210 THE ONLY ONES COMMONLY KNOWN THE SPECIES TO MOST OBSERVERS SEEMS DOOMED TO SPEEDY EXTINCTION
mtn0211 AS BEING NOTHING MORE THAN AN EXPIRING REMNANT VANQUISHED IN THE SO CALLED STRUGGLE FOR LIFE BY PINES AND FIRS
mtn0212 THAT HAVE DRIVEN IT INTO ITS LAST STRONGHOLDS IN MOIST GLENS WHERE CLIMATE IS EXCEPTIONALLY FAVORABLE
mtn0213 BUT THE LANGUAGE OF THE MAJESTIC CONTINUOUS FORESTS OF THE SOUTH CREATES A VERY DIFFERENT IMPRESSION
mtn0214 NO TREE OF ALL THE FOREST IS MORE ENDURINGLY ESTABLISHED IN CONCORDANCE WITH CLIMATE AND SOIL
mtn0215 IT GROWS HEARTILY EVERYWHERE ON MORAINES ROCKY LEDGES ALONG WATERCOURSES AND IN THE DEEP MOIST ALLUVIUM OF MEADOWS
mtn0216 WITH A MULTITUDE OF SEEDLINGS AND SAPLINGS CROWDING UP AROUND THE AGED
mtn0217 SEEMINGLY ABUNDANTLY ABLE TO MAINTAIN THE FOREST IN PRIME VIGOR
mtn0218 FOR EVERY OLD STORM STRICKEN TREE THERE IS ONE OR MORE IN ALL THE GLORY OF PRIME
mtn0219 AND FOR EACH OF THESE MANY YOUNG TREES AND CROWDS OF EXUBERANT SAPLINGS SO THAT
mtn0220 IF ALL THE TREES OF ANY SECTION OF THE MAIN SEQUOIA FOREST WERE RANGED TOGETHER ACCORDING TO AGE
mtn0221 A VERY PROMISING CURVE WOULD BE PRESENTED ALL THE WAY UP FROM LAST YEAR'S SEEDLINGS TO GIANTS
mtn0222 AND WITH THE YOUNG AND MIDDLE AGED PORTION OF THE CURVE MANY TIMES LONGER THAN THE OLD PORTION
mtn0223 EVEN AS FAR NORTH AS THE FRESNO I COUNTED FIVE HUNDRED AND THIRTY SIX SAPLINGS AND SEEDLINGS
mtn0224 GROWING PROMISINGLY UPON A PIECE OF ROUGH AVALANCHE SOIL NOT EXCEEDING TWO ACRES IN AREA
mtn0225 THIS SOIL BED IS ABOUT SEVEN YEARS OLD AND HAS BEEN SEEDED ALMOST SIMULTANEOUSLY BY PINES FIRS LIBOCEDRUS AND SEQUOIA
mtn0226 PRESENTING A SIMPLE AND INSTRUCTIVE ILLUSTRATION OF THE STRUGGLE FOR LIFE AMONG THE RIVAL SPECIES
mtn0227 AND IT WAS INTERESTING TO NOTE THAT THE CONDITIONS THUS FAR AFFECTING THEM HAVE ENABLED THE YOUNG SEQUOIAS TO GAIN A MARKED ADVANTAGE
mtn0228 IN EVERY INSTANCE LIKE THE ABOVE I HAVE OBSERVED THAT THE SEEDLING SEQUOIA IS CAPABLE OF GROWING ON BOTH DRIER
mtn0229 AND WETTER SOIL THAN ITS RIVALS BUT REQUIRES MORE SUNSHINE THAN THEY THE LATTER FACT BEING CLEARLY SHOWN
mtn0230 WHEREVER A SUGAR PINE OR FIR IS GROWING IN CLOSE CONTACT
mtn0231 WITH A SEQUOIA OF ABOUT EQUAL AGE AND SIZE AND EQUALLY EXPOSED TO THE SUN
mtn0232 THE BRANCHES OF THE LATTER IN SUCH CASES ARE ALWAYS LESS LEAFY
mtn0233 TOWARD THE SOUTH HOWEVER WHERE THE SEQUOIA BECOMES MORE EXUBERANT AND NUMEROUS
mtn0234 THE RIVAL TREES BECOME LESS SO AND WHERE THEY MIX WITH SEQUOIAS THEY MOSTLY GROW UP BENEATH THEM
mtn0235 LIKE SLENDER GRASSES AMONG STALKS OF INDIAN CORN UPON A BED OF SANDY FLOOD SOIL I COUNTED NINETY FOUR SEQUOIAS
mtn0236 FROM ONE TO TWELVE FEET HIGH ON A PATCH OF GROUND ONCE OCCUPIED BY FOUR LARGE SUGAR PINES
mtn0237 WHICH LAY CRUMBLING BENEATH THEM AN INSTANCE OF CONDITIONS WHICH HAVE ENABLED SEQUOIAS TO CROWD OUT THE PINES
mtn0238 I ALSO NOTED EIGHTY SIX VIGOROUS SAPLINGS UPON A PIECE OF FRESH GROUND
mtn0239 PREPARED FOR THEIR RECEPTION BY FIRE THUS FIRE THE GREAT DESTROYER OF SEQUOIA
mtn0240 ALSO FURNISHES BARE VIRGIN GROUND ONE OF THE CONDITIONS ESSENTIAL FOR ITS GROWTH FROM THE SEED
mtn0241 FRESH GROUND IS HOWEVER FURNISHED IN SUFFICIENT QUANTITIES FOR THE CONSTANT RENEWAL OF THE FORESTS WITHOUT FIRE VIZ BY THE FALL OF OLD TREES
mtn0242 THE SOIL IS THUS UPTURNED AND MELLOWED AND MANY TREES ARE PLANTED FOR EVERY ONE THAT FALLS
mtn0243 LAND SLIPS AND FLOODS ALSO GIVE RISE TO BARE VIRGIN GROUND
mtn0244 AND A TREE NOW AND THEN OWES ITS EXISTENCE TO A BURROWING WOLF OR SQUIRREL
mtn0245 BUT THE MOST REGULAR SUPPLY OF FRESH SOIL IS FURNISHED BY THE FALL OF AGED TREES
mtn0246 THE CLIMATIC CHANGES IN PROGRESS IN THE SIERRA BEARING ON THE TENURE OF TREE LIFE
mtn0247 ARE ENTIRELY MISAPPREHENDED ESPECIALLY AS TO THE TIME AND THE MEANS EMPLOYED BY NATURE IN EFFECTING THEM
mtn0248 IT IS CONSTANTLY ASSERTED IN A VAGUE WAY THAT THE SIERRA WAS VASTLY WETTER THAN NOW
mtn0249 AND THAT THE INCREASING DROUGHT WILL OF ITSELF EXTINGUISH SEQUOIA LEAVING ITS GROUND TO OTHER TREES
mtn0250 SUPPOSED CAPABLE OF NOURISHING IN A DRIER CLIMATE BUT THAT SEQUOIA CAN AND DOES GROW
mtn0251 ON AS DRY GROUND AS ANY OF ITS PRESENT RIVALS IS MANIFEST IN A THOUSAND PLACES
mtn0252 WHY THEN IT WILL BE ASKED ARE SEQUOIAS ALWAYS FOUND IN GREATEST ABUNDANCE IN WELL WATERED PLACES WHERE STREAMS ARE EXCEPTIONALLY ABUNDANT
mtn0253 SIMPLY BECAUSE A GROWTH OF SEQUOIAS CREATES THOSE STREAMS
mtn0254 THE THIRSTY MOUNTAINEER KNOWS WELL THAT IN EVERY SEQUOIA GROVE HE WILL FIND RUNNING WATER
mtn0255 BUT IT IS A MISTAKE TO SUPPOSE THAT THE WATER IS THE CAUSE OF THE GROVE BEING THERE
mtn0256 ON THE CONTRARY THE GROVE IS THE CAUSE OF THE WATER BEING THERE
mtn0257 DRAIN OFF THE WATER AND THE TREES WILL REMAIN BUT CUT OFF THE TREES AND THE STREAMS WILL VANISH
mtn0258 NEVER WAS CAUSE MORE COMPLETELY MISTAKEN FOR EFFECT THAN IN THE CASE OF THESE RELATED PHENOMENA OF SEQUOIA WOODS
mtn0259 AND PERENNIAL STREAMS AND I CONFESS THAT AT FIRST I SHARED IN THE BLUNDER
mtn0260 WHEN ATTENTION IS CALLED TO THE METHOD OF SEQUOIA STREAM MAKING IT WILL BE APPREHENDED AT ONCE
mtn0261 THE ROOTS OF THIS IMMENSE TREE FILL THE GROUND FORMING A THICK SPONGE THAT
mtn0262 ABSORBS AND HOLDS BACK THE RAINS AND MELTING SNOWS ONLY ALLOWING THEM TO OOZE AND FLOW GENTLY
mtn0263 INDEED EVERY FALLEN LEAF AND ROOTLET AS WELL AS LONG CLASPING ROOT AND PROSTRATE TRUNK
mtn0264 MAY BE REGARDED AS A DAM HOARDING THE BOUNTY OF STORM CLOUDS AND DISPENSING IT AS BLESSINGS ALL THROUGH THE SUMMER
mtn0265 INSTEAD OF ALLOWING IT TO GO HEADLONG IN SHORT LIVED FLOODS
mtn0266 EVAPORATION IS ALSO CHECKED BY THE DENSE FOLIAGE TO A GREATER EXTENT THAN BY ANY OTHER SIERRA TREE
mtn0267 AND THE AIR IS ENTANGLED IN MASSES AND BROAD SHEETS THAT ARE QUICKLY SATURATED
mtn0268 WHILE THIRSTY WINDS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO GO SPONGING AND LICKING ALONG THE GROUND
mtn0269 SO GREAT IS THE RETENTION OF WATER IN MANY PLACES IN THE MAIN BELT
mtn0270 THAT BOGS AND MEADOWS ARE CREATED BY THE KILLING OF THE TREES
mtn0271 A SINGLE TRUNK FALLING ACROSS A STREAM IN THE WOODS FORMS A DAM
mtn0272 TWO HUNDRED FEET LONG AND FROM TEN TO THIRTY FEET HIGH GIVING RISE TO A POND
mtn0273 WHICH KILLS THE TREES WITHIN ITS REACH THESE DEAD TREES FALL IN TURN THUS MAKING A CLEARING
mtn0274 WHILE SEDIMENTS GRADUALLY ACCUMULATE CHANGING THE POND INTO A BOG OR MEADOW FOR A
mtn0275 GROWTH OF CARICES AND SPHAGNUM IN SOME INSTANCES A SERIES OF SMALL BOGS OR MEADOWS
mtn0276 RISE ABOVE ONE ANOTHER ON A HILLSIDE WHICH ARE GRADUALLY MERGED INTO ONE ANOTHER
mtn0277 FORMING SLOPING BOGS OR MEADOWS WHICH MAKE STRIKING FEATURES OF SEQUOIA WOODS
mtn0278 AND SINCE ALL THE TREES THAT HAVE FALLEN INTO THEM HAVE BEEN PRESERVED
mtn0279 THEY CONTAIN RECORDS OF THE GENERATIONS THAT HAVE PASSED SINCE THEY BEGAN TO FORM
mtn0280 SINCE THEN IT IS A FACT THAT THOUSANDS OF SEQUOIAS ARE GROWING THRIFTILY ON WHAT IS TERMED DRY GROUND
mtn0281 AND EVEN CLINGING LIKE MOUNTAIN PINES TO RIFTS IN GRANITE PRECIPICES AND SINCE IT HAS ALSO BEEN SHOWN
mtn0282 THAT THE EXTRA MOISTURE FOUND IN CONNECTION WITH THE DENSER GROWTHS IS AN EFFECT OF THEIR PRESENCE INSTEAD OF A CAUSE OF THEIR PRESENCE
mtn0283 THEN THE NOTIONS AS TO THE FORMER EXTENSION OF THE SPECIES AND ITS NEAR APPROACH TO EXTINCTION
mtn0284 BASED UPON ITS SUPPOSED DEPENDENCE ON GREATER MOISTURE ARE SEEN TO BE ERRONEOUS THE
mtn0285 DECREASE IN THE RAIN AND SNOW FALL SINCE THE CLOSE OF THE GLACIAL PERIOD IN THE SIERRA
mtn0286 IS MUCH LESS THAN IS COMMONLY GUESSED THE HIGHEST POST GLACIAL WATERMARKS ARE WELL PRESERVED IN ALL THE UPPER RIVER CHANNELS
mtn0287 AND THEY ARE NOT GREATLY HIGHER THAN THE SPRING FLOODMARKS OF THE PRESENT
mtn0288 SHOWING CONCLUSIVELY THAT NO EXTRAORDINARY DECREASE HAS TAKEN PLACE
mtn0289 IN THE VOLUME OF THE UPPER TRIBUTARIES OF POST GLACIAL SIERRA STREAMS SINCE THEY CAME INTO EXISTENCE
mtn0290 BUT IN THE MEAN TIME ELIMINATING ALL THIS COMPLICATED QUESTION OF CLIMATIC CHANGE
mtn0291 THE PLAIN FACT REMAINS THAT THE PRESENT RAIN AND SNOW FALL IS ABUNDANTLY SUFFICIENT FOR
mtn0292 THE LUXURIANT GROWTH OF SEQUOIA FORESTS INDEED ALL MY OBSERVATIONS TEND TO SHOW
mtn0293 THAT IN A PROLONGED DROUGHT THE SUGAR PINES AND FIRS WOULD PERISH BEFORE THE SEQUOIA
mtn0294 NOT ALONE BECAUSE OF THE GREATER LONGEVITY OF INDIVIDUAL TREES BUT BECAUSE THE SPECIES CAN ENDURE MORE DROUGHT
mtn0295 AND MAKE THE MOST OF WHATEVER MOISTURE FALLS AGAIN
mtn0296 IF THE RESTRICTION AND IRREGULAR DISTRIBUTION OF THE SPECIES BE INTERPRETED AS A RESULT OF THE DESICCATION OF THE RANGE
mtn0297 THEN INSTEAD OF INCREASING AS IT DOES IN INDIVIDUALS TOWARD THE SOUTH WHERE THE RAINFALL IS LESS
mtn0298 IT SHOULD DIMINISH IF THEN THE PECULIAR DISTRIBUTION OF SEQUOIA
mtn0299 HAS NOT BEEN GOVERNED BY SUPERIOR CONDITIONS OF SOIL AS TO FERTILITY OR MOISTURE BY WHAT HAS IT BEEN GOVERNED
mtn0300 IN THE COURSE OF MY STUDIES I OBSERVED THAT THE NORTHERN GROVES
mtn0301 THE ONLY ONES I WAS AT FIRST ACQUAINTED WITH
mtn0302 WERE LOCATED ON JUST THOSE PORTIONS OF THE GENERAL FOREST SOIL BELT
mtn0303 THAT WERE FIRST LAID BARE TOWARD THE CLOSE OF THE GLACIAL PERIOD
mtn0304 WHEN THE ICE SHEET BEGAN TO BREAK UP INTO INDIVIDUAL GLACIERS
mtn0305 AND WHILE SEARCHING THE WIDE BASIN OF THE SAN JOAQUIN AND
mtn0306 TRYING TO ACCOUNT FOR THE ABSENCE OF SEQUOIA WHERE EVERY CONDITION SEEMED FAVORABLE FOR ITS GROWTH
mtn0307 IT OCCURED TO ME THAT THIS REMARKABLE GAP IN THE SEQUOIA BELT
mtn0308 IS LOCATED EXACTLY IN THE BASIN OF THE VAST ANCIENT MER DE GLACE OF THE SAN JOAQUIN
mtn0309 AND KING'S RIVER BASINS WHICH POURED ITS FROZEN FLOODS TO THE PLAIN
mtn0310 FED BY THE SNOWS THAT FELL ON MORE THAN FIFTY MILES OF THE SUMMIT
mtn0311 I THEN PERCEIVED THAT THE NEXT GREAT GAP IN THE BELT TO THE NORTHWARD
mtn0312 FORTY MILES WIDE EXTENDING BETWEEN THE CALAVERAS AND TUOLUMNE GROVES OCCURS IN THE BASIN OF THE GREAT ANCIENT
mtn0313 MER DE GLACE OF THE TUOLUMNE AND STANISLAUS BASINS AND THAT THE SMALLER GAP BETWEEN THE MERCED AND MARIPOSA GROVES
mtn0314 OCCURS IN THE BASIN OF THE SMALLER GLACIER OF THE MERCED THE WIDER THE ANCIENT GLACIER
mtn0315 THE WIDER THE CORRESPONDING GAP IN THE SEQUOIA BELT FINALLY PURSUING MY INVESTIGATIONS ACROSS THE BASINS OF THE KAWEAH AND TULE
mtn0316 I DISCOVERED THAT THE SEQUOIA BELT ATTAINED ITS GREATEST DEVELOPMENT JUST WHERE
mtn0317 OWING TO THE TOPOGRAPHICAL PECULIARITIES OF THE REGION
mtn0318 THE GROUND HAD BEEN MOST PERFECTLY PROTECTED FROM THE MAIN ICE RIVERS THAT CONTINUED TO POUR PAST FROM THE SUMMIT FOUNTAINS LONG AFTER THE SMALLER LOCAL GLACIERS HAD BEEN MELTED
mtn0319 TAKING NOW A GENERAL VIEW OF THE BELT BEGINNING AT THE SOUTH
mtn0320 WE SEE THAT THE MAJESTIC ANCIENT GLACIERS WERE SHED OFF RIGHT AND LEFT DOWN THE VALLEYS OF KERN
mtn0321 AND KING'S RIVERS BY THE LOFTY PROTECTIVE SPURS OUTSPREAD EMBRACINGLY ABOVE THE WARM SEQUOIA FILLED BASINS
mtn0322 OF THE KAWEAH AND TULE THEN NEXT NORTHWARD OCCURS THE WIDE SEQUOIA LESS CHANNEL OR BASIN
mtn0323 OF THE ANCIENT SAN JOAQUIN AND KING'S RIVER MER DE GLACE
mtn0324 THEN THE WARM PROTECTED SPOTS OF FRESNO AND MARIPOSA GROVES
mtn0325 THEN THE SEQUOIA LESS CHANNEL OF THE ANCIENT MERCED GLACIER NEXT THE WARM SHELTERED GROUND OF THE MERCED
mtn0326 AND TUOLUMNE GROVES THEN THE SEQUOIA LESS CHANNEL OF THE GRAND ANCIENT MER DE GLACE
mtn0327 OF THE TUOLUMNE AND STANISLAUS THEN THE WARM OLD GROUND OF THE CALAVERAS AND STANISLAUS GROVES
mtn0328 IT APPEARS THEREFORE THAT JUST WHERE AT A CERTAIN PERIOD IN THE HISTORY OF THE SIERRA
mtn0329 THE GLACIERS WERE NOT THERE THE SEQUOIA IS AND JUST WHERE THE GLACIERS WERE
mtn0330 THERE THE SEQUOIA IS NOT WHAT THE OTHER CONDITIONS MAY HAVE BEEN THAT ENABLED SEQUOIA TO ESTABLISH ITSELF UPON THESE OLDEST
mtn0331 AND WARMEST PORTIONS OF THE MAIN GLACIAL SOIL BELT I CANNOT SAY
mtn0332 I MIGHT VENTURE TO STATE HOWEVER IN THIS CONNECTION
mtn0333 THAT SINCE THE SEQUOIA FORESTS PRESENT A MORE AND MORE ANCIENT ASPECT AS THEY EXTEND SOUTHWARD
mtn0334 I AM INCLINED TO THINK THAT THE SPECIES WAS DISTRIBUTED FROM THE SOUTH
mtn0335 WHILE THE SUGAR PINE ITS GREAT RIVAL IN THE NORTHERN GROVES SEEMS TO HAVE COME AROUND THE HEAD OF THE SACRAMENTO VALLEY
mtn0336 AND DOWN THE SIERRA FROM THE NORTH
mtn0337 CONSEQUENTLY WHEN THE SIERRA SOIL BEDS WERE FIRST THROWN OPEN TO PREEMPTION ON THE MELTING OF THE ICE SHEET
mtn0338 THE SEQUOIA MAY HAVE ESTABLISHED ITSELF ALONG THE AVAILABLE PORTIONS OF THE SOUTH HALF OF THE RANGE PRIOR TO THE ARRIVAL OF THE SUGAR PINE
mtn0339 WHILE THE SUGAR PINE TOOK POSSESSION OF THE NORTH HALF PRIOR TO THE ARRIVAL OF SEQUOIA
mtn0340 BUT HOWEVER MUCH UNCERTAINTY MAY ATTACH TO THIS BRANCH OF THE QUESTION THERE ARE NO OBSCURING SHADOWS UPON THE GRAND GENERAL RELATIONSHIP WE HAVE POINTED OUT BETWEEN THE PRESENT DISTRIBUTION OF SEQUOIA AND
mtn0341 THE ANCIENT GLACIERS OF THE SIERRA AND WHEN WE BEAR IN MIND THAT ALL THE PRESENT FORESTS OF THE SIERRA ARE YOUNG
mtn0342 GROWING ON MORAINE SOIL RECENTLY DEPOSITED AND THAT THE FLANK OF THE RANGE ITSELF
mtn0343 WITH ALL ITS LANDSCAPES IS NEW BORN RECENTLY SCULPTURED
mtn0344 AND BROUGHT TO THE LIGHT OF DAY FROM BENEATH THE ICE MANTLE OF THE GLACIAL WINTER
mtn0345 THEN A THOUSAND LAWLESS MYSTERIES DISAPPEAR AND BROAD HARMONIES TAKE THEIR PLACES
mtn0346 BUT ALTHOUGH ALL THE OBSERVED PHENOMENA BEARING ON THE POST GLACIAL HISTORY OF THIS COLOSSAL TREE
mtn0347 POINT TO THE CONCLUSION THAT IT NEVER WAS MORE WIDELY DISTRIBUTED
mtn0348 ON THE SIERRA SINCE THE CLOSE OF THE GLACIAL EPOCH THAT ITS PRESENT FORESTS ARE SCARCELY PAST PRIME
mtn0349 IF INDEED THEY HAVE REACHED PRIME THAT THE POST GLACIAL DAY OF THE SPECIES IS PROBABLY NOT HALF DONE
mtn0350 YET WHEN FROM A WIDER OUTLOOK THE VAST ANTIQUITY OF THE GENUS IS CONSIDERED
mtn0351 AND ITS ANCIENT RICHNESS IN SPECIES AND INDIVIDUALS COMPARING OUR SIERRA GIANT AND SEQUOIA SEMPERVIRENS
mtn0352 OF THE COAST RANGE THE ONLY OTHER LIVING SPECIES OF SEQUOIA WITH THE TWELVE FOSSIL SPECIES
mtn0353 ALREADY DISCOVERED AND DESCRIBED BY HEER AND LESQUEREUX SOME OF WHICH SEEM TO HAVE FLOURISHED OVER VAST AREAS IN
mtn0354 THE ARCTIC REGIONS AND IN EUROPE AND OUR OWN TERRITORIES DURING TERTIARY AND CRETACEOUS TIMES
mtn0355 THEN INDEED IT BECOMES PLAIN THAT OUR TWO SURVIVING SPECIES RESTRICTED TO NARROW BELTS WITHIN THE LIMITS OF CALIFORNIA
mtn0356 ARE MERE REMNANTS OF THE GENUS BOTH AS TO SPECIES AND INDIVIDUALS
mtn0357 AND THAT THEY PROBABLY ARE VERGING TO EXTINCTION BUT THE VERGE OF A PERIOD BEGINNING IN CRETACEOUS TIMES
mtn0358 MAY HAVE A BREADTH OF TENS OF THOUSANDS OF YEARS NOT TO MENTION THE POSSIBLE EXISTENCE OF CONDITIONS CALCULATED
mtn0359 TO MULTIPLY AND REEXTEND BOTH SPECIES AND INDIVIDUALS THIS HOWEVER IS A BRANCH OF THE QUESTION INTO WHICH
mtn0360 I DO NOT NOW PURPOSE TO ENTER IN STUDYING THE FATE OF OUR FOREST KING
mtn0361 WE HAVE THUS FAR CONSIDERED THE ACTION OF PURELY NATURAL CAUSES ONLY BUT UNFORTUNATELY
mtn0362 MAN IS IN THE WOODS AND WASTE AND PURE DESTRUCTION ARE MAKING RAPID HEADWAY
mtn0363 IF THE IMPORTANCE OF FORESTS WERE AT ALL UNDERSTOOD EVEN FROM AN ECONOMIC STANDPOINT
mtn0364 THEIR PRESERVATION WOULD CALL FORTH THE MOST WATCHFUL ATTENTION OF GOVERNMENT
mtn0365 ONLY OF LATE YEARS BY MEANS OF FOREST RESERVATIONS HAS THE SIMPLEST GROUNDWORK FOR AVAILABLE LEGISLATION BEEN LAID
mtn0366 WHILE IN MANY OF THE FINEST GROVES EVERY SPECIES OF DESTRUCTION IS STILL MOVING ON
mtn0367 WITH ACCELERATED SPEED IN THE COURSE OF MY EXPLORATIONS I FOUND NO FEWER THAN FIVE MILLS
mtn0368 LOCATED ON OR NEAR THE LOWER EDGE OF THE SEQUOIA BELT
mtn0369 ALL OF WHICH WERE CUTTING CONSIDERABLE QUANTITIES OF BIG TREE LUMBER MOST OF THE FRESNO GROUP
mtn0370 ARE DOOMED TO FEED THE MILLS RECENTLY ERECTED NEAR THEM
mtn0371 AND A COMPANY OF LUMBERMEN ARE NOW CUTTING THE MAGNIFICENT FOREST ON KING'S RIVER
mtn0372 IN THESE MILLING OPERATIONS WASTE FAR EXCEEDS USE
mtn0373 FOR AFTER THE CHOICE YOUNG MANAGEABLE TREES ON ANY GIVEN SPOT HAVE BEEN FELLED
mtn0374 THE WOODS ARE FIRED TO CLEAR THE GROUND OF LIMBS AND REFUSE WITH REFERENCE TO FURTHER OPERATIONS
mtn0375 AND OF COURSE MOST OF THE SEEDLINGS AND SAPLINGS ARE DESTROYED
mtn0376 THESE MILL RAVAGES HOWEVER ARE SMALL AS COMPARED WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE DESTRUCTION CAUSED BY SHEEPMEN
mtn0377 INCREDIBLE NUMBERS OF SHEEP ARE DRIVEN TO THE MOUNTAIN PASTURES EVERY SUMMER AND
mtn0378 THEIR COURSE IS EVER MARKED BY DESOLATION EVERY WILD GARDEN IS TRODDEN DOWN
mtn0379 THE SHRUBS ARE STRIPPED OF LEAVES AS IF DEVOURED BY LOCUSTS AND THE WOODS ARE BURNED
mtn0380 RUNNING FIRES ARE SET EVERYWHERE WITH A VIEW TO CLEARING THE GROUND OF PROSTRATE TRUNKS
mtn0381 TO FACILITATE THE MOVEMENT OF THE FLOCKS AND IMPROVE THE PASTURES
mtn0382 THE ENTIRE FOREST BELT IS THUS SWEPT AND DEVASTATED FROM ONE EXTREMITY OF THE RANGE TO THE OTHER
mtn0383 AND WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE RESINOUS PINUS CONTORTA SEQUOIA SUFFERS MOST OF ALL
mtn0384 INDIANS BURN OFF THE UNDERBRUSH IN CERTAIN LOCALITIES TO FACILITATE DEER HUNTING MOUNTAINEERS AND LUMBERMEN
mtn0385 CARELESSLY ALLOW THEIR CAMP FIRES TO RUN BUT THE FIRES OF THE SHEEPMEN OR MUTTONEERS
mtn0386 FORM MORE THAN NINETY PER CENT OF ALL DESTRUCTIVE FIRES THAT RANGE THE SIERRA FORESTS
mtn0387 IT APPEARS THEREFORE THAT NOTWITHSTANDING OUR FOREST KING MIGHT LIVE ON GLORIOUSLY IN NATURE'S KEEPING
mtn0388 IT IS RAPIDLY VANISHING BEFORE THE FIRE AND STEEL OF MAN AND
mtn0389 UNLESS PROTECTIVE MEASURES BE SPEEDILY INVENTED AND APPLIED IN A FEW DECADES AT THE FARTHEST
mtn0390 ALL THAT WILL BE LEFT OF SEQUOIA GIGANTEA WILL BE A FEW HACKED AND SCARRED MONUMENTS
mtn0391 END OF CHAPTER EIGHT PART TWO

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