Creator
[John Muir]
Recipient
Sarah [Muir Galloway]
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[2]President of the Royal Scientific Society & has charge of the Kew botanical gardens & a great tr[illegible] but perfectly free from all chilling airs of e[illegible]ty . He told me a great deal about the Himmalayas the deadar forest there & the gorgeous shad[illegible] that cover their flanks with lavish bloom for miles & miles & about the Cedars of Lebanon that he visited & the distribution of the species in different parts of Syria -, & its relation to the deadar so widely extended over the mountains of India . & besides this scientific talk he told many a story & kept the camps in fine lively humor. On taking his leave he gave me a hearty invitation to London & promised to show me through the famous government gardens at Kew & all round etc etc - - When I shall be able to avail myself of this & similar advantages I don’t know I have met a good many of Natures nobleman one way & another out here & hope to see some of them at [ there living?] but my own researches seem to hold me fast to this compar[illegible]ity solitary life. Next you speak of my storm night on Shasta Terrible as it would appear from the account printer the half was not told but I will not likely be caught in the same experience again – Though as I have said, I
Location
1419 Taylor St. [San Francisco, Calif]
Date Original
[1877 Nov 29]
Source
Original letter dimensions: 31 x 40 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir03_0621-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 03, Image 0621
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
