2 I read your Sandwitch? island wanderings illegible teach- ers with a great deal of pleasure Henrys letter I have read
over over am delighted to observe so great as beautiful an increase in his mental? stature - The whole letter has from end
to end the unmistakable ring of Butler metal I am sure that he will exaclly fill your place. I am very glad to see that his
physical strength is so great I wish he could accomp any me in my rock excursions I had a letter from Mrs Moores? in which
she mentioned your short visit to them Visitors to the valley are coming earlier this spring than usual There is about fifty
here at present. Mr Hutchings has not yet returned from Washington 3 now I shall be here all summer Perhaps I may take
a ramble of a few weeks among the summits south of Mono lake I have enjoyed exceedingly my stay here this winter - The power
the beauty the wondrous works of the sky which the Lord laid over this mountain illegible are far be- yound description. A
great many of our winter days were full of the most tangable wide open of natural phenomena which were intensely interesting.
Climates in these mountains are piled upon each other they are stratified Spring came to us with the most joyous impressive
of sights sounds moved slowly up the rocks to the higher climates like a shadow. Spring is just opening upon the rim of the
Valley. - here at the bottom the oaks are in full leaf have young shoots long enough to