Dharma Bums 10

"named all the magic rocks and clefts, names Japhy had song to me so often"
page 235

This quote comes when Ray first gets to his post on Desolation. He thinks of the names of the peaks that he had learned from all his experiences with Japhy. This quote was kind of odd because it made like Japhy was Ray's teacher. Ray was using all of Japhy's wisdom in naming the rocks around him as well as taking Japhy's old job.

"And suddenly it seemed I saw that unimaginable little Chinese bum standing there, in the fog"
page 243

This quote comes as Ray is preparing for the end of his shift on the mountain watch. In these pages he is truck by the nature and discusses the qualities of the surrounding mountains compared to himself. He then relates it to Han Shan and Japhy. He finds it hard to imagine Han Shan because having the mountains as a constant for everyone who has ever lived is difficult to think about. This leads him to finding himself missing Japhy's wisdom.