What I saw on the west coast of South and North America, and at the Hawaiian Islands.: By H. Willis Baxley, M.D.

YO-SEMITE. and then, to dream; and such dreams! Of caiions, and cataracts, and copper-skins! But this is to be a narrative of wAat Isaw, not what I fancied. We rose with the dawn; that is, with the dawn that came down into the deep valley, whlile the first rays of the rising sun were tipping with radiance the spires and pinnacles around, which seemed to be lifted into mid-heaven to catch the first coinig of the glorious emanation. A little to the west of north " Eleacha" raised its three cones, called "The Three Brothers," three thousand four hundred and thirty-seven feet, to receive their golden crowns. While to the south, immediately behind our cabin, ELEACHA-OR TIIE THREE BROTHES. 477

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What I saw on the west coast of South and North America, and at the Hawaiian Islands.: By H. Willis Baxley, M.D.
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Baxley, Henry Willis, 1803-1876.
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New York,: D. Appleton & company,
1865.
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South America -- Description and travel
California -- Description and travel
Hawaii -- Description and travel

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