The bottom was strewn with them, many of them with broken backs.
[Illustration: A gnarled monarch of the High Sierras, an aged Juniper, near Lake Tahoe] [Illustration: Mountain Heather, in Desolation Valley, Near Lake Tahoe] [Illustration: The Successful Deer Hunter at Lake Tahoe] [Illustration: Chris Nelson, With His Catch, a 23 Lb.

Tahoe Trout].