Rossiter W. Raymond 



ter in Cuba, at the country-house of 

 an American friend, and became 

 deeply interested not only in the 

 politics, but also in the general and 

 economic geology of that island, 

 examining particularly some of the 

 important iron and manganese de- 

 posits of the Santiago district. He 

 conceived a high opinion of the min- 

 eral wealth of Cuba ; and it was at 

 least his dream, if not his definite 

 intention and hope, that some day, 

 when Cuba should be free, he would 

 organize for that field, as he had done 

 for a greater, a national geological 

 survey. 



I notice that Mr. Emmons * dates 

 the final illness of Clarence King from 

 an attack of pneumonia in 1901. 

 From personal knowledge, I would 

 put the beginning further back. 

 During the spring of 1900 I was 



* In his foregoing memoir quoted from the 

 American Journal of Science. 

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