Excerpt from Prof. John B. Trask's Report on the Geology of the Sierra Nevada, or California Range, 1853
Personal observations were made during the autumn and winter of '50 and '51,and also of '52, and the entire line of travel was conducted for the most part on foot, for the better purpose of more critical examination.
Persons unfamiliar with the modifying circumstances affecting the gene ral characters and positions of rocks, are apt to he often deceived in their perceptions respecting them, consequently, but little assistance can generally be obtained by inquiry respecting the peculiarities that may be present in the various formations.
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