Rossiter W. Raymond 



There was a fierce wind on the sum- 

 mit ; a storm was approaching, and 

 the barometer was falling rapidly ; 

 and the whole Pitt river valley was 

 filled with clouds, hiding everything 

 below the altitude of 8000 or 9000 feet. 

 But all was clear above, and Shasta, 

 eighty miles away, with the tops of the 

 adjacent mountains only, rose from 

 the white mountain of cloud, projected 

 against an intensely blue sky. King's 

 exclamation was, ' What would Rus- 

 kin have said, if he had seen this / ' 



"On the way back he wanted to 

 try a glissade down one of the snow- 

 slopes. I objected strongly, being 

 uncertain whether it would be prac- 

 ticable for him to stop before reach- 

 ing the rocks at the bottom. But he 

 had read Tyndall ; and what was a 

 mountain climb without a glissade f 

 So he had his way, and came out of 

 the adventure with only a few unim- 

 portant bruises. 



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