Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1880-07-31

better run up. About mile and half, and
the beautifulest road you ever saw"
We started in company WITH Superinten-
dent Crawford and Judge Foley, of Stockton
The mile and half stretched out to five, and
the beautifulest road made the climb to
the Saints Rest seem Partisan boulevard IN
comparison. In one place the horses climbed
right up a cascade and we stopped twice to re-
pair bridges and lay corduroy track over mo-
rases. Notwithstanding the terrorsa and general
hellishness of this road the trip well repays
one. A portion of the way leads through q
forest of gigantic pines and red cedars which
make man feel like crawling ant in com
parison. Lucky Baldwin owns most OF the
land here and has vowed that he never would
permit the commercial ak to vandalize and
despoil the beauties of this forest which lies
about Falling Leaf Lake. From the head Of
the lake to the springs a mountain torrent
lurches, pitches and roars among the rocks
and for two miles there is a regular success
sion of cascades. At places where the white
foam churns up against the green rocks the
waters seem to be still in the form of snow
gathering in drifts. In places the walls
of the stream rise perpeRdicularly for nifty
feet with 50 smooth surface that chip
munk would hesitate to make the ascent. The
springs bell up in the midst Of ciump OF
aspen poplars and tamaracks. These aspen
poplars are tremulous with the slightest
breath of air and their delicate leaves qulver
when the other trees are absolutely notion
less. The water sparkles like champagne and
has pungent taste which resembles Thaxters
soda, minus the syrup. 1t is icy cold, and after
the first taste one never knows when to stop.
1t is also remarkably invisorating, and people
who visit the spot carry away the water by
the gallon.
REMARKABLE VEGETATION.
One is struck with the tremendous vegeta-
ton in this vicinity. The cedars and pines
almost pierce the clouds, and their trunks
measure forty feet in circumference The
mines rise as straight as an arrow with trunks
which rise without knot or limb for the hrst
sixty or eighty feet. The cedars grow In
sort of you please style; their limbs
grow in gnarled and twisted shapes, some
times down toward the ground, some down
on one side and up on the other, and not a
few appeared to be chasing each other around
the main trunk until it looked like cork
screw. These limbs are all joints and elbows
and most of them have had their bases burn
ed out Yet while the heart seems all gone
and the tree stands on a few blackened rem
| nants, its limbs are a mass of green foliage
The vitality Of this tree is the more remark
able when enc considers that its few roots
draw their sustenance from the rocks Below
| the underbrush is mass of chaparal,
ground chestnuts, creeping vines, ferns and
brakes, and above these the white lilies
thrust themselves. These lilies are the same
az are cultivated in eastern gardens, and their
perfume is something exquisite; the tiger lily
also grows here and thousand delicate and
rare flowers can be found at every turn, whose
scents lead the air continually.
INSECT LIFE.
Gorgeous yellow, reu anu PurPie 'os''o' liz"
also abound, and the green dragonfies fit in
the streaks of sunlight which are sifted down
through the crevices Of the foliage. But at
the same time the mosquitoes are bred here
by the millions, and nothing bat thick buck
skin glove will keep them from the hands.
Where they bite, punches like warts rise and
life becomes intolerable. They do not trouble
one much however, except IN the evening.
They are about the size of a Carson Valley
grasshopper and make excellent bait for trout
| A swim in the lake takes away all the effects
| Of their bites, and this morning we found the
| water in prime state for bathing. Half a
mile above the hotel (beyond the reach of the
spyglasses) there is white sanded beach and
| the water is not cold. There is an Oakland
schoolmarm here however, whose glass is OF
sufficient power to enable her to count the
shingles on the roof of the Glenbrook house
This intelligence 50 affected Superintendent
| Crawford that although half undressed he re-
sumed his clothes and declined to go in. The
boat is in sight and / must close. s"