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00625 9 3 deleted 89 belongs to 78 deleted? But although I was myself thus fully satisfied concerning the real nature
of these ice masses I found that my friends regarded my deductions statements with distrust, therefore I determined to collect
proofs of the common measured arithmetical kind On the 21st of Aug' last, I planted five stakes in the glacier of mt McClure
wh is situated East of Yosemite Valley near the summit of the range. Four of these stakes were extended across the glacier
in a straight line, from the East side to a point near the middle of the glacier 'The 1st stake was planted about 25 yds from
the E bank of the glacier, the 2d 94 yds, the 3d 152 the 4 underlined: th 225 yds. The positions of these stakes were determined
by sighting accross