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. warned us to descend to the lower canon before its fast coming twilight should deepen into night. As we sought our cabin in the bosom of the valley, the young moon arose to add her testimony to the unrivalled grandeur of Yo-Semite; crowning its domes with subdued radiance, tracing a silver cornice on its brow, and pouring a liquid light into its depths to woo the spirit to a fitting worship. 490 10

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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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