... emerges from the forest, and finds himself on the brink of a tremendous precipice in full view of the Yosemite Valley, lying 31500 feet below him. The valley is twelve miles long, and about a nlile and a-half wide, and is, in fact, a great chasm shut in on ...

... Englishman has not found rivals who have strorg claims to be regarded as superiors. I do not maintain that the steamer Yo-Semite, by which these remarks have been suggested, is by any means a model craft. Th boats on the River Hudson, and those which ...

... Oliphant's serial story, illustrated, begins on page 485. THE YOSEMITE VALLEY, CALIFORNIA No words can give even a faint idea of the wonderful, strange, and magnificent scenery of the Yosemite Valley. Matter-of-fact people may be satisfied with the statement ...

... have done. But in Europe we seem to know only of Niagaraand the Colorado scenes painted by Mr.BWMeSTA]D and perhaps the Yosemite Valley. wehave too seldom been alloed to j udge of the wondrous autumnal tints along the hills of the Hudson; of the scenery ...

... FoEAEIG:N D AiNzw grove of ' big trees,.for ,which California, is famous, hasbeen fouisd on the Coulterville route to the Yosemite valley. One of the trees is iaid to be 75 feet in eircumference.-TcGcsardenss. AN official rdturn shows the eases of cholera ...

... Railwa. A scene in the recent expedition against the Modoc Indians is then introduced, followed by a fine view of the Yosemite Valley, Califolria., and of the Crescent Citv of New Orleans. Some incidents of pioneering life in file Far West, including ...

... fe~et or so, the consequences will he to him just the same as though ho had plunged down some of the awful steeps in the Yosemite Valley. Some- tim~es the acknowledged danger of a feat becomes' its safety. People are rather proud of haviug acopihdthe passage ...

... York. Run up and have a look at Niagara, then by rail to 'Frisco, calling in upon Brigham Young by the way, visit the Yosemite Valley and the big trees, cross the herring. pond to Yokohama, run down the China coast, rail from Cal- cutta to Bombay, taking ...

... profound comlmnotion, especially among Hindoos. Mr. Taylor, a Californian by birth, is said to have been converted in the Yosemite Valley, and baptized by immersion under The Bridal Veil. But for the truth of this we cannot vouch. t u 'The (ivil Rights ...

... profound. commotion, especially among Hindoos. Mr. Taylor, a Californian by birth, is said to have been converted in the Yosemite Valley, and baptized by immersion under The Bridal Veil. But for the truth of this we cannot vouch. The Civil Rights Bill does ...

... from the other state. The last syllable of New Orleans rhymes with means, a fact by no means generally known; and the Yosemite Valley is a frequent trouble. The examples of such names whose correct sound has been strangely distorted, even in the House ...

... shaking aspen contrasts vividly with the dark monotonous colour of the pines and spruce. To one of the valleys General Custer gave the name of Floral Valley, so completely was it carpeted with wild flowers. The sandstone region differs considerably from the ...