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 -   Above this the ridge
is weathered away to a slender knife-edge for a distance of two or
three hundred - Page 121
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Above This The Ridge Is Weathered Away To A Slender Knife-Edge For A Distance Of Two Or Three Hundred Yards, And Thence To The Summit It Is A Bristly Mane Of Chaparral.

Here and there small openings occur, commanding grand views of the valley and beyond to the ocean.

These are favorite outlooks and resting places for bears, wolves, and wildcats. In the densest places I came upon woodrat villages whose huts were from four to eight feet high, built in the same style of architecture as those of the muskrats.

The day was nearly done. I reached the summit and I had time to make only a hasty survey of the topography of the wild basin now outspread maplike beneath, and to drink in the rare loveliness of the sunlight before hastening down in search of water. Pushing through another mile of chaparral, I emerged into one of the most beautiful parklike groves of live oak I ever saw. The ground beneath was planted only with aspidiums and brier roses. At the foot of the grove I came to the dry channel of one of the tributary streams, but, following it down a short distance, I descried a few specimens of the scarlet mimulus; and I was assured that water was near. I found about a bucketful in a granite bowl, but it was full of leaves and beetles, making a sort of brown coffee that could be rendered available only by filtering it through sand and charcoal.

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