Chapter XLII: Appendix: Chapter a

MARK TWAIN AT LAKE TAHOE

Early in the 'sixties the immortal Mark made his mark at Lake Tahoe. In his _Roughing It_, he devotes Chapters XXII and XXIII to the subject. With the kind consent of his publishers, Harper Bros, of New York, the following extracts are presented.

Later, when in Italy, he described Lake Como and compared it with Tahoe in _Innocents Abroad_, and while his prejudices against the Indians led him to belittle the Indian name--Tahoe--and in so doing to make several errors of statement, the descriptions are excellent and the interested reader is referred to them as being well worthy his attention.