Biographical Notice 



early reconnaissance which he had 

 made in person. 



On their way to the Golden Gate, 

 the two friends accidentally made 

 the acquaintance of Prof. William H. 

 Brewer (an assistant in the Geological 

 Survey of California); and both were 

 drawn into the service of that survey, 

 then recently organized under Prof. 

 J. D. Whitney. 



From a private letter of Prof. Brew- 

 er's, I make the following interesting 

 quotation : 



" I first met Clarence King and his 

 intimate friend, James T. Gardiner, 

 on Aug. 30, 1863. I had been mak- 

 ing, that summer, a reconnaissance in 

 the Sierra Nevada, beginning in the 

 extreme southern part, at Tejon, and 

 zigzagging six or eight times across 

 the divide, my last crossing having 

 been from the northern end of Lake 

 Tahoe to Forest Hill. My party had 

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