(Port Orford cedar) in Jepson's
Silva.
[28] 1889.
[29] A careful re-determination of the height of Rainier, made by
Professor A. G. McAdie in 1905, gave an altitude of 14,394 feet. The
Standard Dictionary wrongly describes it is "the highest peak (14,363
feet) within the United States." The United States Baedeker and
railroad literature overstate its altitude by more than a hundred
feet.
[30] Doubtless the red silver fir, now classified as Abies amabilis.
[31] Lassen Peak on recent maps.
[32] Pseudotsuga taxifolia Brit.
[33] Thuja plicata Don.
[34] Muir wrote this description in 1902; Major J. W. Powell made his
descent through the canyon, with small boats, in 1869.
Note from the transcriber:
A phrase Muir uses that readers might doubt: "fountain range," by
which he means a mountainous area where rain or snow fall that is the
source of water for a river or stream downslope. So it is not a
typographical error for "mountain range"! Another odd phrase is
"(something) is well worthy (something else)" rather than "well worth"
or "well worthy of." He uses this at least twice in this work. - jg
End of Steep Trails by John Muir