sy fcA- * ll Cv^k. r ' w $r*~* k^H^Liy 
knowledge of ay connection with the Surrey* This mountain is 
In plain sight from th© geyser 'basin end is 10,800 feet in 
height* {See accompanying photograph and the -pencil drawing 
by W* H* Jackson in my 80th Anniversary Letter Booh in the 
Hat tonal Oallery library* See also map and ' panoramic views , 
contained in the 1878 report of the Survey), Another honor, 
which ordinarily escapes attention is the naming after me of a 
fossil shell, tfhio Holmes^ianus by Professor hhite, Paleontologist 
w ■ 
of the Survey* 
fhe narrative of the season’s operations, full of in- 
terest to every one concerned, is best recorded in my diary, a 
copy of which follows* Associated with this day by day story 
are copies of my geological report as printed 'in the Survey Annual 
■ for this year* Separate accounts are given of my observations on 
the glacial, phenomina of the Park, the fossil f orrests of the Park 
and the Indian implements of obsidian distributed, widely over the 
whole region# 
My original field notes in the form of a diary, were too 
voluminous to be preserved .and have been destroyed* fhe larger 
sketch books filled with panoramic and other views and drawings 
have been retained with the records of the Survey. A copy of my 
diary for the season is contained in a separate envelope and a 
duplicate copy has been sent to Mr* Albright, Superintendent of 
the Park* 
