Which statement best describes the point Muir is
making in the passage?
In the course of my explorations twenty-five years ago, I
found five sawmills located on or near the lower margin
of the Sequoia belt, all of which were cutting more or less
Big Tree lumber, which looks like the redwood of the
coast, and was sold as redwood. One of the smallest of
these mills in the season of 1874 sawed two million feet of
Sequoia lumber.
- "Save the Redwoods,"
John Muir
Which detail appeals to the reader's logic?
Which detail establishes credibility?

The excerpt tells young readers about the amazing giant sequoia trees that grow in California.

Explanation:

One of these Sequoia kings come to the town in all God-like majesty to be stinkingly seen and allowed to plead its own cause.One of the stumps was cut down forty-seven years ago by a king to make a dancing floor. Another famous tree in the grove that was a hundred feet tall was skinned down and the bark was sent to London.The Tuolumne and Merced groves, the Dinky Creek grove and the Sequoia National Park were partly protected by the Federal Government.

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