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made the dark places plain by finding formulae to fit 

 the new facts. This is the experience of, not one but 

 of scores of his friends and even casual acquaintances. 

 Ramsay felt always how much of his success was due to 

 Fitzgerald's help, criticism and encouragement. 



About the middle of July the Ramsays sailed from 

 Liverpool in the Parisian, a month before she was to 

 cross the Atlantic with the main body of the association 

 on board. Among their fellow-passengers were Pro- 

 fessor and Mrs. Viriamu Jones, Principal of Cardiff 

 University College ; Mr. and Mrs., now Sir Frederick 

 and Lady, Pollock ; Mr. and Mrs. John Albert Black, 

 both of them old friends of Ramsay and his wife, and 

 many others. 



Before starting Mrs. Ramsay had heard from her 

 brother that he was leaving California and meant to 

 settle further north, and he suggested that they should 

 meet in Montana and go through the Yellowstone Park, 

 which was then in process of being settled up. Their 

 plans were to go to Montreal and there find out all that 

 was possible about the Yellowstone and how to get 

 there and back before the meeting of the association. 

 Among others on the Parisian were Professor Liveing 

 and Dr. Campion, of Cambridge, who also hoped to see 

 the Yellowstone. Professor Fitzgerald was also on 

 board, but as he was a very bad sailor he did not appear 

 till the voyage was nearly over. He also had the 

 Yellowstone in view, and the day they arrived they all 

 visited the various offices to try to make arrangements. 



