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of Prof. Whitney and other ge- ologists I was troubled to find that a personal examination faced me to reject them en- tirely
I can easily see the great difficulties of the glacial theory but I am not enough ac- quainted with the country to the S.W.
to be able to say that it is entirely inadmissible as many geologist insist The whole of the Sierra Nevada appear d to me
to present such striking evidence of tremendous glacial action in illegible illegible and won- derfully water ran? beds of
old glacial illegible , seen in the now deserted mining flats, that I shall require more evidence than I have yet met with
to ind illegible to lay aside impression found upon a (perhaps cu illegible / ex- amination of the country. If you have
primarily pub- lished anything upon the subject I shall be under great ob- ligation if you will inform me where I can find
it. Pardon me illegible you and believe in? , my dear Sir. Truly sincerely? , W.H. Pulsifer