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NOTES AND CORRESPONDENCE. 



In addition to longer articles suitable for the body of the magazine, the 

 editor would he glad to receive brief memoranda of all noteworthy trips or 

 explorations, together with brief comment and suggestion on any topics of 

 general interest to the Club. Descriptive or narrative articles, or notes 

 concerning the animals, birds, ■fish, forests, trails, geology, botany, etc., of 

 the mountains, will be acceptable. 



The office of the Sierra Club is Room 302 Mills Building, San Francisco, 

 where all Club members are welcome, and where all the maps, photographs, 

 and other records of the Club are kept. 



The Club would like to secure additional copies of those numbers of the 

 Sierra Club Bulletin which are noted on the back of the cover of this 

 number as being out of print, and we hope any member having extra 

 copies will send them to the Secretary. 



The Duke of Abruzzi in the Himalaya. 



On July 18, 1909, the Duke of Abruzzi succeeded in getting 

 within 200 meters of the top of Bride Peak (Conway) in the 

 Himalaya Range. He reached an altitude of 7400-7500 meters, 

 about 24,500 feet, but bad weather prevented reaching the summit. 



This appears to be a record as far as altitude is concerned. — 

 Note from the Alpine Journal, November, 1909. 



New Topographic Maps. 

 An administrative map of the entire Yosemite National Park 

 and also the Mt. Goddard quadrangle, which includes the Palisade 

 Region of the headwaters of the South and Middle Forks of the 

 King's River, will be issued this year by the U. S. Geological 

 Survey. These sheets will complete the topographic work cover- 

 ing the High Sierra. This has been a splendid piece of work and 

 the topographic branch of the service is entitled to great credit. 



To Protect the Mt. Rainier Park. 

 Washington, January 3. — Senator Piles to-morrow will intro- 

 duce, at the instance of the Mountaineers and Seattle Commercial 

 Club, a bill authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to call on 

 the Secretary of War for troops to patrol the Mount Rainier 

 National Park. 



Editorial Note. — Members of the Sierra Club are urged to assist in 

 having this commendable bill passed by writing to their Senators and 

 Representatives. 



