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1 Yosemite Sep' 13th 1870 Prof' Le Conte Dear sir, I trust that the latter part of your long vacation ramble was as
full of scientific universal joy as the week that I had the happiness of spending with you, Doubtless you are home again,
with your classes, have answered all the uppermost outside questions of your friends relative to your journey, I come to you
now to beg a letter fa illegible or so if observations made after we part- ed. upon whatever you think will most interest
me. I reached the highest of those volcanic cones without extraordinary difficulty, was surprised to find its smooth sloping
sides composed of volcanic sand instead of ashes, the inside of the crater was nearly full of the same material, no marks
of recent activity were apparent anywhere. The sand of its sloping sides was mostly or altogether