these trees are two and asbalf 70 three feet M
diameter, and mus, be from so 10 200 years
old. &y
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these trees are two aid s!fslf 70 three feet Il
diameter, and must be from SO 10 2OO years
old. &y


Three miles west OF Marin


i have spoken Of The march 10 that place
with high mountain on our right lhis
mountain IS called Sierra Alvo. The town OF
Seralvo, in my opinion, received its name from
! the ndontain. Our chaparral camp was a, the
end Of The Sierra Alvo, and, like every hing
grand. this magnificent pile rears It's head IN
Its greatest majesty When thus abruptly check.
ed ia lis glorious career by the hand OF Nature


Yesterday, when clear, cool, beautiful morn
ing broke upon US, every murmur IN the ranks
was hushed- --every heart seemed 10 swell with
involuntary awe and admiratlon--every eye
was fastened upon some OF the vast works OF
God by which we were surrounded. The 81
ezra Alyo arose upon Of our right, al the north
Owe were turning its PoinD y helghtexceed,
ing hree thousand teet, and so close that = al
most seemed possible 10 cast pebble from its
summit into our midst. The top ol this mo4n-
tain Is DIVIDED of ipsR thousand .aalashIe yg4
" kpl had pos0bes 3qe r9uRp, shss ,H.Uo ~, ws
used ID ses & AN ffe b9Id head Of every good
old countr u deacon. Some of the Wags along
remarked that the whole head resembled the
chronological Developments Of Santa Anna,
and went on humorously pointing Out the sum


ilarilies The mountain on our leit, winch IS
not so high as the Alvo, here took southerly
direction, leaving US in a gap, with an exten-
siye amphitheatre open before US, as we march
ed around along the western side Of the. Sierra
Avo From the ridges the country before US
appeared like one vast plain, covered with cha
parral, but we encountered every hour valley
hundred feet deep, down which we almost
invariably found streem Of spring water DASH
ing over lime rocks, The road to Marin, tho
hilly, is much smoother than that over which
we passed the day before, much Of It being as
hard and smooth as marble. The
Sierra Madre, which yesterday gave rise TO
much discussion in the column as to whether
il was a lhunder-cloud or mountain, appears
in the bright morning sun with all IT'S splen-
dour revealed TO US. The height Of this noun
tain is unknown 10 me, but at 10 o'clock, A.
M, the white, feecy clouds that appear so
high and dry above us here on the plain, rest
on its side hall way from the base 10 The sum
mit This ridge runs nearly north and south,
with two or three openings or passes. directly
west Of US. Between these passes the noun
safe for the Interruptions. Some OF the peaks
are studded with smaller ones near their apex,
and resemble old steeples, with their turrets,
and with domes swelling up behind them. 81 4
ezra Madres sleeples. however, pierce the skies
and look down upon the storms and the whrl-
winds. They need no lghtning-rods.


From the western limit Of Marin you look
down upon plain nearly two hundred feet
below. This plain or wide valley extends 70
the foot Of the mountains, FIVE or six miles dis
tant About two miles and half from town,
on The San Juan, is situated General Taylor's
camp.