Rossiter W. Raymond 



more than 14,000 feet high, had been 

 accurately measured ; and we were 

 naturally proud of the achievement. 

 A few days later I wrote to a very 

 old friend and classmate, Professor 

 George J. Brush, an enthusiastic ac- 

 count of our adventure, emphasizing 

 not only the scientific interest, but 

 also the sublime and majestic scenery 

 connected with it. To Clarence King, 

 who happened to call upon him soon 

 after the receipt, Prof. Brush read this 

 letter ; and, as King told me many 

 times, ' that settled it.' He resolved 

 to see California, and, in particular, 

 Mount Shasta. 



" To return to my narrative : I liked 

 King from the first ; he gave me 

 much comparatively recent informa- 

 tion concerning my old friends at 

 Yale ; I told him my plans ; and we 

 arranged to meet in San Francisco. 

 And, at my invitation, he called sev- 

 eral times at the office of the Survey 

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