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1、TheSilveradoSquattersbyRobertLouisStevensonTHEsceneofthislittlebookisonahighmountain.Thereare,indeed,manyhigher;therearemanyofanobleroutline.Itisnoplaceofpilgrimageforthesummaryglobe-trotter;buttoonewholivesuponitssides,MountSaintHelenasoonbecomesacentreofinterest.ItistheMontB
2、lancofonesectionoftheCalifornianCoastRange,noneofitsnearneighboursrisingtoone-halfitsaltitude.Itlooksdownonmuchgreen,intricatecountry.Itfeedsinthespring-timemanysplashingbrooks.Fromitssummityoumusthaveanexcellentlessonofgeography:seeing,tothesouth,SanFranciscoBay,withTamalpais
3、ontheonehandandMonteDiabloontheother;tothewestandthirtymilesaway,theopenocean;eastward,acrossthecorn-landsandthicktuleswampsofSacramentoValley,towheretheCentralPacificrailroadbeginstoclimbthesidesoftheSierras;andnorthward,forwhatIknow,thewhiteheadofShastalookingdownonOregon.Th
4、reecounties,NapaCounty,LakeCounty,andSonomaCounty,marchacrossitscliffyshoulders.Itsnakedpeakstandsnearlyfourthousandfivehundredfeetabovethesea;itssidesarefringedwithforest;andthesoil,whereitisbare,glowswarmwithcinnabar.Lifeinitsshadowgoesrusticallyforward.Bucks,andbears,andrat
5、tle-snakes,andformerminingoperations,arethestapleofmen'stalk.Agriculturehasonlybeguntomountabovethevalley.Andthoughinafewyearsfromnowthewholedistrictmaybesmilingwithfarms,passingtrainsshakingthemountaintotheheart,many-windowedhotelslightingupthenightlikefactories,andaprosperou
6、scityoccupyingthesiteofsleepyCalistoga;yetinthemeantime,aroundthefootofthatmountainthesilenceofnaturereignsinagreatmeasureunbroken,andthepeopleofhillandvalleygosaunteringabouttheirbusinessasinthedaysbeforetheflood.ToreachMountSaintHelenafromSanFrancisco,thetravellerhastwicetoc
7、rossthebay:oncebythebusyOaklandFerry,andagain,afteranhourorsooftherailway,fromVallejojunctiontoVallejo.ThencehetakesrailoncemoretomountthelonggreenstrathofNapaValley.Inallthecontractionsandexpansionsofthatinlandsea,theBayofSanFrancisco,therecanbefewdrearierscenesthantheVallejo
8、Ferry.Baldshoresandalow,baldisletinclosethesea;throughthenarr
