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4_126 Independence for this parched traveler has slaked his thirst with the one and anointed the palate bountifully with the other. As to what other things this oasis doth produce I am not as yet well informed but the milk is good milk indeed while the honey is the smoothest and most velvety article I ever tasted. _We stopped at Baxter_s Ranch intending to tarry for a day. But when we were given the freedom of the peach orchard |
4_127 July. 17, 1900 said I. Lets stop another day. But when Mr. Baxter brought us out his honey said I at once: Let's remain a week. Then the climax came. The fair daughter of the house brought out a most delicious loaf of cake. Then said I solemnly: This place is all right; here will we remain a month. But we go on today, to Mt. Whitney, to recross the Sierra Nevada's. |
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