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Show 431 broad boulder basins a good carriage-road were built around the brows and headlands of the main river ca'non, the valley could be reached in less than half a day, and with the advantage of still grander scenery. If he was going to advocate increased access, he knew that would lead to increased hunting and fishing. He described both activities with distaste. Fishermen "bagged the glittering beauties as fast as sham flies could be switched to them, a hundred trout of a morning being considered no uncommon catch." Hunters, he thought, would simply continue the work of shepherds, who had tried to exterminate the bears of the region: "Pity that animals so good-natured and so much a part of these shaggy wilds should be extreminated." Muir remembered his own encounter with a grizzly in Tehipite Valley, when the area was wild. Then, the bear had "good-naturedly turned away and wallowed off into the chaparral." He knew the future would not allow such encounters. Thus the tone which churns under the surface of "Rival" indicates that Muir was becoming apprehensive. He knew that America was not ready for a truly wild Park, but he saw no other alternative to the energetic work of the lumbermen and shepherds. His conclusion was defensive rather than enthusiastic, Practical rather than visionary. He fancied the time when a road would be built, and pointed out that the region did not offer much hope to agriculture and mining, and that "even the lumber industry need suffer no unreasonable restriction.' Under the surface of such a defense was his suspicion that |