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5_28 Burnt Corral Meadow The seeds may have been brought in from the desert side by the sheep industry. I notice a larger number of Pinus Jeffreyi trees in which the main trunk high up is branched into two branches. sometimes there are three. Mr. Hopping related to me his experiences tracking lost horses and deer. It requires a long trained eye with a head and heart close to nature. In the Giant Forest he had to track his truant animals over rock ridges where no |
5_29 Lion Meadow, Aug 2. sign is left, even as bad, the tarweed (Chamaebatia) leaves no track. Pinus Jeffreyi has three needles or sometimes two on the beginning of the year's growth. A small tree but 7 1/2 ft. high bore near the summit a single perfect cone. Mr. Hopping is very averse to sheep on the reservations or in the parks. He says cattle on the contrary are not to be dreaded. For one thing they help prevent and aid control of fires by wearing heavy trails. Harvey, the ranger who guards the country from Mt. Whitney to Monache and from Lone |
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