It consists of a perpendicular parallelogram with a square above, thus [Illustration: 'Ranger's Blaze'] Wherever this blaze is found everybody in the region knows it for a ranger's blaze, denoting a trail leading to a ranger's cabin.
On this ride one has a wonderful illustration of the popular fallacy in woodcraft that moss is always found on the north side of the trees.
Here the moss is mainly on the west.

The fact is the moss is generally found on the side from which the rain-storms come, and here they are mainly from the south and southwest.

A mile or so away on the trail to Watson's Lake the moss is all on the southwest side of the trees.
Most of the trees here are red fir and mountain pine, some of them being of large size, and noble specimens.
A little further on a fine opening reveals Deer Creek, through which the waters of Watson Lake flow to the Truckee.

It was nearing the hour of sunset when I reached this point, and the trees were glowing with flaming gold, reminding one of the pictures John Enneking, the wonderful Boston artist, so loves to paint, while below the water gleamed like dazzling diamonds.
Along here the side of the ridge below the trail seemed as if plowed into a number of rudely parallel lines.

These were sheep-trails made as the sheep followed each other over the softer soil of the mountain side.
A mile and a half from Watson Lake we came to a telephone box.