Rossiter W. Raymond 



came to be an invaluable assistant 

 in geological underground work, ob- 

 serving with great acuteness, although 

 without scientific knowledge, indica- 

 tions which more learned men might 

 have overlooked. I cannot forbear 

 an anecdote told me by King of 

 another valet of his, whose life was 

 in his work, and who judged of all 

 things in the world by their relations 

 to it. At a gentleman's country- 

 seat, with good servants' accommo- 

 dations, ample facilities for blacking 

 boots and brushing clothing, well- 

 trimmed lawns and genteel society, 

 he was in Paradise ; but experience 

 in the muddy or dusty wilderness 

 half paralyzed his usefulness and 

 wholly quenched his enjoyment. On 

 one occasion, attended by this man 

 only, King made his way to the 

 Grand Canon of the Colorado, and 

 stood for a time dumb upon its brink, 

 overwhelmed with the vastness and 



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