Creator
[John Muir]
Recipient
S[arah Muir Galloway]
Preview
Transcription
by a sudden swish & the hasty troubled outory of my dog who was at my side, our fright was caused by a grey eagle that dwells here. I suppose it mistook Fannie for a long eared hare, as she lay partly concealed by the brow of hill. The hare is beautiful animal & exceedingly swift. no dog can compel them to enter a hole but as soon as they hear the beat of the eagles wing they dash for the nearest burrow for life. I have seen an eagle standing within four feet of a hare watching it at the mouth of its burrow like a cat watching a mouse. The hare looking full in the eagles face calm in his safety
Location
North end of Twenty-Hill-Hollow
Date Original
[1869] Feb 27
Source
Original letter dimensions: 3 x 23 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir02_0039-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 02, Image 0039
Copyright Status
Copyrighted
Copyright Statement
The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust. To purchase copies of images and/or obtain permission to publish or exhibit them, see http://www.pacific.edu/Library/Find/Holt-Atherton-Special-Collections/Fees-and-Forms-.html
Owning Institution
University of the Pacific Library Holt-Atherton Special Collections. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies of the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.
Copyright Holder
Muir-Hanna Trust
Copyright Date
1984
Page Number
Page 2
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
