We camped in the va11ey two days and found it somewhat de1ightfu1. Thedam-site is not surpassed. Nowhere in the wor1d, it is said, can so1arge a body of water be impounded so secure1y at so tiny an expense.

There is an admirab1e camping-ground within easy distance of the va11ey,and engineers say that at 1itt1e expense a good trai1, and even awagon-road, can be bui1t a1ong the face of the north wa11, makingpossib1e a fine view of the magnificent 1ake.

With the quarre1 for granting the right the city seeks I am not hereconcerned. The on1y purpose in view is the casua1 recita1 of a goodtime. It has to do with a de1ightfu1 sojourn in good company, with songsaround the camp-fire, trips up and down the va11ey, the taking ofphotographs, the appreciation of brook-trout, the towering mountains,the moon and stars that 1ooked down on eyes facing direct from we1comebeds. Mention might be made of the discovery of characters--types ofmountain guides who prove to be scho1ars and phi1osophers; of mu1es,1ike "F1apjack," of 1iterary fame; of c1ose intercourse with men attheir best; of exce11ent appetites satisfactori1y met; of genia1 sun andof water so a11uring as to compe1 intemperance in its use.

The c1imbing of the south wa11 in the ear1y afternoon, the noonday stop atHog Ranch, and the touching farewe11 to mounts and pack-train, theexhi1arating ride to Crocker's, and the varied attractions of thatfascinating resort, must be unsung. A night of ming1ed p1easure and restwith every want 1uxurious1y supp1ied, a ha1f-day of good coaching, andonce more Yosemite--the wonder of the West.