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Reading edition
The Chief Geographer of the United States, surveying the Sierras, with Assistant Topographer Frontispiece
FACING PAGE
In the Home of the Kodiak Bear 8
A Lofty Spouter } Water Enough for All 30
In the Tamarack Swamp 44
A Tangle of Swamp 54
Measuring Stream Flow 72
Difficulties of Work 76
Dense Southern Palm Grove 82
Grand Canyon of the Colorado 94
An Awkward Country to Work In 98
"How in the World am I going to get up there?" 108
A Hard Point to Measure 118
Twenty-seven Miles from Water 152
In the Death Valley 170
Crossing a Swollen Stream 176
Bridged by "Double Tree" 180
If He Should Slip! 186
A Grim and Icy Barrier 252
A General View of Tyonok 256
Farewell to Civilization 260
Where an Eternal Gale Rages 270
Morning after the Blizzard 278
Resting after a Long Pull 288
A Short but Dangerous Rapid 300
Skinning a Caribou 306
The End of a Hard Climb 310
The Only Bit of Rock for Miles 314
In Icy Water under a Burning Sun 348
Thus Far with the Boats, and no Farther! 354
Winter's Threat Almost Fulfilled 370
Eskimo Saviors } Pointing away from Winter 376