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2 found Prof Butler near the bridge between the Vernal Nevada falls. He was in company with Gen Alvord He was in the Valley
only a few hours his time being controlled by the Generals military clock I am pretty sure that he saw just about nothing
I am glad that the world does not miss me that all of my days with the Lord his works are uncounted unmeasured. I found the
guide who was with you, he said that you wished me together some cones for you I hope to see you soon in San Fran' will fetch
you specimens of those which grow higher than you have been I was sorry that you were so short of time in the valley but you
will go again remain a month or two I would like to spend a winter there to see the storms We spent most of the summer on
the South fork of the Tuolumne near Castle Cathedral peaks, ah, how unspeakable the glories of these higher Mts You have not
yet caught a 3 glimpse of the Sierra Nevadas, you must go to Mono by the Bloody Canon pass, I will not try to write
the grand- eur I have seen all summer but I will copy you the notes of one day from my journal. Aug' 2d, Amount of Cloudiness
.08- sky red evening morning. Not usual crimson glow but separate clouds colored anchored in dense massive mountain forms,
one red bluffy cap is placed upon Castle peak its companion to the South, but the smooth cone tower of the Castle is seen
peering out over the top. Tiger peak has a cloud cap also of the grandest proportions colors, the extensive field of clustered
towers peaks domes where is stored the treasures of snow belong- ing to the Merced Tuolumne Joaquin are embosomed in bossy
clouds of white the grand Sierra Cathedral is overshadowed like Sinai never before beheld such divine mingling of cloud mountain
Had delightful walk upon the north wall ascended by a deep narrow passage cut in the granite its borders are splendidly decorated
with ferns blooming shrubs. The most delicate of plant