The Hawaiian gazette., 1871-07-05
NoIcs OF Travel in California.
SAN Francisco. June esh, 1871.
Yosemite VALLEY.

D Na>sN a e~NsNS-S~Ss q elc ssAAs ACAA~
Yosemite Valley.
Have YOU seen Yosemite is the question
which every tourist in California expects to meet
on his return to the older states. To have failet
to see it, if within his power. would expose one te
oaa'emp, as utterly devold Of interest in the
grand snd beaaiifal scenes Of nature. The large
and increasing number of visitors. aoiwithstand
ing the tax on purse and person involved in the
iElp. shows general appreciation u unusual at.
traeiiveness Of the spot 1t Is estimated that
tive thousand persons entered the valley last
year and it seems likely that this number will b
more than doublei during the current season,
Access TO the region IS becoming more easy every
yeAr. Already stages run within eleven miles,
and it Is not Improbable that before many years
the tourist may riie reclining upon a luxurious
coach in Pallman Palace Car under the shad.
Ow Of the granite walls that enclose the valley.
But when this has come about large subtraction
viii have been made frOm the romance and enjoy
meat Of the excursion. The comforts Of the
finest railro2d car will not make amends for the
delights foand in the rides over the mountain
ro@ds that offer noble views Of a vast expanse Of
country, aud the exhileraiing pleasure of a rapid
descent from the summit to the bed of clear
stream that rashes foAming aad sparkling among
I the hills Then the ride on horseback after the
carnage rOai ends, through the grand forests of
pines where the trees lift their tops two hundred
feet or more towards the sky and the air is so tne
and Inspiring that the spirits are Quickeaed as by
IRE IasoxieA,ion, no luxurieS Of travel can com
psnszie for these pleasures. 1t wOa!i be dis
eoGrsglug task to undertake to describe the
scenes within and abou, Yosemite Valley With
The aii Of the magnificent photographs that repre-
sent every locality. skillful deliuea,or might
eonvey some idea Of the sights, bot words alone
are quite inadequate. Your readers are doubt
less @oqusiuied With the general features Of the
situation and scenery. 1t IS vast ehasm in the
mountains, about seven miles long sud from half.
nile TO three tunes that distance in width.
The bottom Of the valley is more than two thous-
and feet higher than the sea, yet the walls and
peaks Aro1ui ifs Up their sammts to the still fur
the- height Of four and si1 thousand feet. Ex-
Psrseoed travellers say that while there are single
scenes tia. vie with those Of Yosemite, there is
fogUd nowhere else such collection within s
snail cOupass Of varied besuties There is the
huge mass called e Cspitain, block Of granite
fgar tho1sAad fee, high, bare aud solid. uareeved
upon It's siis by the graeefal beatty Of waterfall
or iree- 1t seems III. IS so1s o1e has said Of it.
to De the corner stone Of $ world. Some appre-
ciziiOn Of its vsStnsss Is obtained from the sur
Prizus length Of tine 1t takes to ride Up to it or
pass bJ H. although i. has appeared within few
steps Sentinel Rock Is sharp peak said to
,zks It's name frou tie fact that the Indians were
wont to kiuils here signal fires Several of the
slmuiIs are dOueshspei, rockz as smooth and
Symmetrical in appearance IS if they had been
carved oct NTH some Titanic chiseI To give
Tz-is;y snoag them there IS the South dome
frou zhich one half seems to have been split
zzzy by some violent seton Of nature, and there
II stands, its highest point six thousand feet
above the valley. presenting on Que side pre-
ciPiioss EsLI zhile the other Is rounded Of syn
metriezllY- This s the ouly point about the val
lsy IN Ehieh the foot Of nan has never rested.
I, i boPeleSsIy Inaccessible Water in every
for1 q bezaty makes Up much Ct the attractive
ness of Yosemite There Is Miner lake, :
snail sheet Of water thzi gives back morn
ing sni evening when It's surface Is unr1f-
fed by the slightest ripple, perfect reaeciOrs
of the no1nizins tkzE tOEer up on either
siis- TIE very types of grim strength
gzar5ing bez1ty. Zach Of the many waterfalls 1
has It's oEn peculiar character. One POars over
tie face of lofty rock. slender stream Ike 8
rib6oa z1othsr. the Yossnits Fail. makes
ulusgs Of sixteen h1udred feet, descending il 8 I
Tollms Of foan, along the edges Of zhich ara
eoati1asII! shooting detached portions. that look
Ike zhfie rocksss The vater then INNS through /
ssr5ss Il cascades for seEer2 hundred feet, and /
Slzl! ( P71rsd over s preeipiee nearly three
tines tie height of Niagara Bridal Vel Fall 4
: appropriately nGEai from the lze@like appear
l1cs q the sYrsy Ebieh the Eipd ezases TO wave
srzt TO ore SIDE and then to the other Of the
'slEzg Estsr. Instead Of attempting detailed
description of tie seFsrzl points of the scenery.
* Al aeeo1at bs gwen Of O5s excursion Which
tie Eritsr usds II company With fris0d Eho.
By f5-t1lsts nesiing. bad become travelling
so1paaioo- It -. to Poiat less often Tizitsd
ihza Dz0y oibsrs. and the description =il lad
10 us5tio1 of SINE Of the uosi noissls features
4 TIE Valley. Every guide, as be eo1daetz the
.Szrist u tie Valley. I'll paint OFT certain
;p0i ss the tigbszt part of tie granite =aIl,
,z5si GLEeier Poiai- Tie strOng ard sdTentgr-
Is einbsr nay attempt 70 reach it b. sezli0g
.hs preapiee- S1eL feat i possible. bat zbo-
sTsr sr5er-@kes it olght 70 poses uBeOamoB
.irszzth s.d e0zrzgs- Thsa be HUst spend :
az q ss s-dsoz= lzbo- - ts i likely to have
=T=r perfoFzsd. The nors satisfactory pan Is
.sits- 70 rake 6;Ts'genes before entering the
7zLl=E. Il tie rozts taken l. tie Msriposz trzH,
= 70 zoz5t horse sod 20 back ct Of the valley,
.-ozs3 70 tie spos- Circumstances led your eoz-
zs2915s1i 70 he lzttsr e9zrse- Tie rids down
Il Tz1ey frsz Bl1ek's Hotel to TIE foot Of tie
.sezs;. oss-s = plsasznt VARSITY Tie path s0ue-
Tzs les OTsr ; IsTsl space, Ehzds1 with nobls
rss; tbsa MS eioss 70 The margin Of The
IFs- thzt : foazi1z over it. rOeky bed, and at
,os c. t=o pants cEosses the Ire sksrs the
.zfzl s5=ets q TIE gszs stsEa of 1861 are to
= noisd II E1Zs DiIs Il r0eks z1d broksa trses-