Clarence King's School-days 



the* most brilliant, of the Sheffield 

 graduates. 



Not long after his courses were 

 finished he set out for California by 

 the overland journey, before the rail- 

 road was built, expecting there to be- 

 come acquainted with J. D. Whitney, 

 to whom he carried an introduction. 

 James T. Gardiner, his life-long 

 friend, went with him. I well re- 

 member the letters that came from 

 the young geologist describing the 

 incidents of his long journey, and I 

 hope that their fresh and characteris- 

 tic sketches are not lost beyond re- 

 covery. 



This record of his boyish days may 

 end here. Others will tell the story 

 of his active career, which included a 

 survey (with Gardiner) of the Yo- 

 semite Valley; mountaineering in the 

 Sierras and the ascent of Mount 

 Whitney ; the organization and direc- 

 tion of the Fortieth Parallel Survey, 

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