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Sierra Club Bulletin. 



October 9, 1912. 



My Dear Sir: Pray convey to the members of the Sierra Club my 

 sincere thanks for the honor they have done me in electing me an 

 Honorary Vice-President. I had the pleasure of meeting a few of the 

 members at dinner in San Francisco when I passed through there, but 

 give myself the pleasure of returning my formal thanks in this way, 

 and of expressing the hope that I may some time be fortunate enough 

 to be present at a large meeting of the Club, of which I am proud to be 

 a member. I am, dear Mr. Colby, 



Very faithfully yours, 



James Bryce. 



Villa Margherita,. Via Privata Asquasciati, 

 San Remo, Italy, 



September 21, 1912. 

 The Secretary of the Sierra Club, 



402 Mills Building, San Francisco. 

 Dear Sir: My old friend, the late Mr. Whymper, was the fortunate 

 possessor of a complete set of the [Sierra Club] Bulletins, beautifully 

 bound in half-levant morocco by Zaensdorf. A few years ago, on learn- 

 ing that he was disposing of part of his mountaineering library, I wrote 

 to him that I should be very glad to acquire his set of the Bulletin. 

 His reply was characteristic. "I shall not part with that work," he 

 wrote, "until I join the Diet of Worms." His copy was sold at auction 

 in London last month, but I was not fortunate enough to obtain it. 



Very truly yours, 



Henry F. Montagnier. 



Upper Basin, South Fork Kings. 

 If it is of any interest to you, you may note that I monumented a 

 route from the lower end of the long meadow at the north end of the 

 Bench Lake Flat, straight north, and down into Upper Basin, slightly 

 above the junction of Taboose Creek and Kings River. This way is free 

 from rocks, and is very much shorter than the regular trail into the 

 Taboose Pass Trail. I also put up a large monument on the west side 

 of Kings River, just where the trail crosses to climb the west wall to 

 the Cartridge Creek Pass. I have known so many people to miss this 

 pass entirely that I thought it would be well to put up a good mark at 

 this point. 



I found that the trout planted by Ober in the Bench Lake had already 

 reached a size of 14 inches and were very game. I could not find a trace 

 of trout in the Upper Basin, although I am under the impression that it 

 was stocked at the same time that the Bench Lake was. 



Yours truly, 



Mr. Wm. E. Colby, B. Macomber. 



402 Mills Building, San Francisco, Cal. 



