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Tahoe. They fill deep bowls in the crests of the Sierras with their limpid blue. Sportive brooks feed them and trout abound. In all, nearly thirty lakes spangle this region. The railroad hotel at Clio is tasteful and new. For the tourist there is not a more pictorial land in all California than this.
At the eastern mouth of the canyon the altitude of the iron way approximates 5000 feet. Enormous vistas unfold about Portola and Hawley. Bewildering peaks consort with prim valleys and push close to the Middle Fork of the river which trickles here to a querulous stream.
