Biographical Notice 



" Three days later, after the end 

 of an uncomfortable storm of rain, 

 snow and sleet, we made a second 

 ascent of the peak, going up in the 

 night, by bright moonlight, and ar- 

 riving before sunrise at the summit, 

 where we spent ten hours. The sky 

 was cloudless, and the atmosphere 

 transparent in the highest degree. 

 For a short time after sunrise we could 

 see Mount Hamilton in the south 

 — normally below the horizon, but 

 ' looming up ' long enough and plainly 

 enough for satisfactory identification. 

 This is the longest distance at which, 

 so far as I know, I have ever seen a 

 terrestrial object. Another spectacle 

 of unique perfection and grandeur 

 observed on that occasion was the 

 shadow of the peak projected on the 

 western sky. Although I have often 

 reached greater altitudes, that day 

 stands out in my memory as one of 

 the most impressive of my life. 

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