Yet so simple and massive is the topography of the State in general views, that the main central portion displays only one valley, and two chains of mountains which seem almost perfectly regular in trend and height: the Coast Range on the west side, the Sierra Nevada on the east.

before he met the agreeable author, I leave topography to coxcomb Gell; we have his second thought in the first edition, before he saw the Troad, I leave topography to classic Gell; and his third, half way in censure, in the fifth, I leave topography to rapid Gell.

At the close of the war, which brought no recognition of his exceptional services, he was appointed to the Kohát survey party, which was primarily raised for the mapping of the Kohát district, but which afforded occasional opportunities for extending topography across the border.

The Kansas River is formed just southwest of it by the union of the Smoky Hill and Republican Forks, and the topography for practice and sightseeing could not be surpassed in the State.

His energy and determination carried him through the campaign with more than credithe was able to illustrate modern methods of field topography in a manner which threw new light on what was then but a tentative and undeveloped system.