Both Uses of
salient
in
The Call of the Wild
- Hal was a youngster of nineteen or twenty, with a big Colt's revolver and a hunting-knife strapped about him on a belt that fairly bristled with cartridges. This belt was the most salient thing about him. It advertised his callowness--
p. 97.8salient = noticeableeditor's notes: Callowness is a synonym for immaturity.
- The salient thing of this other world seemed fear.
p. 157.7 *salient = most noteworthy
Definition:
the most noteworthy or important points about a thing