IN THE MINING DISTRICT 245 



I am glad that you have kept our "memorial day" in 

 the Warschkeitei Hills. I never doubted that you would 

 do so. And we had our celebration on the very same day 

 too (Saturday, April 10th); because I remembered just 

 in time that I was mistaken in thinking the day after 

 Easter was our day. That day will forever {)<■ a holiday 

 to us. 1 passed the evening of that day at the place near 

 Long Bar, which 1 have described to you at length in my 

 letter No. 15. That place has a great charm for me.* 



I am unable, my dear father, to give you the exact dif- 

 ference of time between here and there, because I do not 

 exactly remember the degree of longitude under which 

 San Francisco is situated. But you can easily figure it 

 out yourself, if you will look at a map, and multiply the 

 number of degrees of longitude between Konigsberg and 

 San Francisco by four minutes. (Every degree more to 

 the East or West makes a difference of 4 minutes: 360 

 degrees X 4 min. = 1440 min. = 24 hours.) 



Juniper brush or any similar aromatic wood I have 

 not noticed here yet. 



You mention in your letter the "cugar." I do not 

 know of any animal bearing that name, but I presume it 



*Note by Frank's Father. — The following will here serve as 

 an explanation. On April 19th, 185 1 — the day before Easter — 

 Frank with his father and Moritz Ruhdel took a very pleasant 

 walk — the last one — starting from Eylan going through an ex- 

 tensive forest and back across the Warschkeiter Hills, from where 

 one has an extensive view over the surrounding country. Dur- 

 ing the rest we took there, the conversation turned upon his ap- 

 proaching departure, and the great distance he had to go, and in 

 the serious frame of mind produced by this, Frank asked as a 

 favor, that this day be made a "memorial day" for him, to be 

 passed by us all in the years to come in a similar manner. The 

 assent was readily given. 



In his letter written February 8th, 1852, Frank reminds us of 

 this promise given "for the day after Easter." and he was 

 answered in a letter written on May 5th, that "memorial day" 

 was not on the day after Easter, but on the day before Easter; 

 and that day we celebrated on the Warschkeiter Mountain by 

 kindling a mighty fire of Juniper brush, and keeping it burning 

 for about an hour. 



