CHAPTER XXIX.

_Stockton to the Yosemite._

Off for the Yo-sem-i-te.--Wheat-fields again.--The Stanislaus and Tuolomne.--The Coast Range.--Coulterville.--A Horseback Ride.--Mustang Pony.--My Guide.--Bower Cave.--"Black's."--A Romantic Trail.--Up and Over the Sierras.--Floundering through the Snows.--First View of the Yosemite.--Fording Mountain Torrents.--Descent into the Valley.--"Hutchings'."--A Ramble through the Yosemite.--A Fissure in the Sierras.--Its Lofty Walls.--Snowbanks above; Strawberries below.--Waterfalls.--Bridal Veil Fall.--El Capitan.--Yosemite Fall.--Merced River.--The Lake and Domes.--South Fork.--Prof. Whitney and Party.--The Cascades.--Vernal Fall.--Rainbows.--Nevada Fall.--Mt. Broderick.--Sentinel Peak.--Cathedral Rocks.--The Valley generally. 443-455