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conclusion — one need but visit a tourist resort where the nam- 

 ing has been left largely to the public and the guides. We of 

 the Sierra Club, it seems to the writer, owe it to the glorious 

 mountain country that is so dear to us to forestall such a fate 

 for its landmarks. As it is, some of them already bear names 

 that are distinctly inappropriate or even objectionable. 



The writer ventures to make this suggestion, although he is 

 by no means certain that Cockscomb Crest, the name proposed 

 by him, will stand. It is still to be acted upon, first by the Si- 

 erra Club as a whole, and second by the United States Geo- 

 graphic Board. But he cherishes the hope that in any event 

 his proposal will stimulate interest in the duty before us — and 

 it is plainly a duty — of finding suitable names for the features 

 of the High Sierra. 



