Rossiter W. Raymond 



" Clarence King was then in his 

 2 2d year, but looked much younger. 

 Of course, he was not so thoroughly 

 informed or so deeply interested in 

 geological problems as he afterwards 

 became. In fact, he stood on the 

 threshold of that fascinating study, 

 saturated chiefly with Ruskin and 

 Tyndall. The remarks of the latter 

 on the glaciers of the Alps were con- 

 stantly upon his lips. * 



" The trip was notable in many 

 respects, and suggested many topics 

 of inquiry which afterwards bore fruit 

 in King's receptive, retentive and in- 

 tensely active mind. Lassen peak 

 was reported to have been, only a 



* Editorial Note. — A recent correspon- 

 dent writes to say, on the authority of Pro- 

 fessor Brewer, that King, when he joined in 

 the field-work of the Geological Survey of 

 California, had with him, as part of his 

 camp outfit, " a Bible, a Table of Loga- 

 rithms, and a volume of Robertson's ser- 

 mons." — J. D. H. 



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