Title

May-August 1876, South Dome Ridge, etc. Image 2

Creator

John Muir

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Alt Litt Yo [Little Yosemite] 6350 [Alt] Ridge close to E. side Dome of [Ls] 8150

View from Starr King v [very] fine Merced group all its peaks rise grandly & nearly belted with fir. Deeply [clothed] in snow May 6th

Lyell [Merced] group Also deeply snow muffled – peaks & crests [ ] & black

Larkspurs

Clds R [Clouds Rest] fine [wave] streaked with foam v [very] impressive view of [crest] S D [South Dome]

Deepest smoothest most unbroken bosses of snow on Mt Hoff [Hoffman] though full exposed to snow.

Ten [Tenaya] can [canyon] falls D. Crk [Deer Creek] & Ten [Tenaya] Cascade from [ ] Dome

Gl [Glacier] [ ] [rock] [ ] species

con[..]tu[t]e

grey & Yel [yellow] & [ ]

[ ]

Potentilla tall 2 tall [ ] [Cedar] 1 tall carex [ ] bridgesii

[ ] Wood[work] grass Bryum Polytrichum

Index on Page 51

Date Original

1876

Source

Original journal dimensions: 10 x 16.5 cm.

Resource Identifier

MuirReel25Journal01P01.tif

Publisher

Holt-Atherton Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library

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