LIFE OF JAMES DWIGHT DANA 



greet him. Professor Dana has, however, many personal 

 friends, pupils and correspondents, and students of his 

 books in these islands, who will make him feel at home. 



" We would add that Premier W. L. Green kindly 

 loaned us his copy of Dana's Geology the other day, with 

 the remark that he ' knew it all by heart/ The well- 

 worn book bears marks of the truth of that statement." 



Here are two notes by the way in the course of the 

 transcontinental journey. 



JAMES D. DANA TO HIS SON EDWARD 



'* CHICAGO, July 10, 1887. 



" You have already heard of our safe arrival here, our 

 first stopping-place. The heat, the noise and jar of the 

 cars, and the roar of passing trains made the first day out 

 trying to unaccustomed nerves. . . . But in spite of 

 all I slept well the following night. Yesterday and to- 

 day there has been nothing in the heat to complain of, 

 so that we look forward to a comfortable time on the way 

 to Salt Lake City." 



" SALT LAKE CITY, July 14, 1887. 



" We have been interrupted by a call from Major Wilkes 

 and his daughter. The father is a son of the old Com- 

 modore, and was very cordial in his greeting. He re- 

 membered meeting your father after the return of the 

 Exploring Expedition, when himself a lad. He is a civil 

 engineer, and has been sixteen years engaged in this 

 region, having located all the railroads in the mountains 

 thus far constructed. 



" I add a note to announce that I have sent a specimen 

 of granite from the Cottonwood Cafion (the rock of which 

 the Mormon Temple is made) by mail, as this is cheaper 

 than carrying it in an overfull bag. I was interested in 

 its containing minute yellow crystals which I suppose to 

 be zircons, though staggered a little by the color. 



' Yesterday was delightfully cool, and the day before 



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