Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[Elizabeth N. Moores]
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[4]of ditches and slush-pools exceeds all I have ever seen - he disclaims however the remotest affinity for mud I hate mud says he but somehow I get into it Charles likes mud but manages to keep out of it - when speaking of his favorite cascade with its basin of crystal rock & moonlight in the spray I ventured to ask him how he would like to exchange the clear water of his cascade for an equal pouring volume of lobbering slobbering mud - he was quite indignant - "did not like mud- couldn't see why people thought so or teased him so" etc Since his visits to the Danville coal mines he is much interest -ed in the geology of coal fields and asks many questions con- cerning their age, composition, and history of formation. I am sorry to say that I cannot always furnish him with satisfactory answers For botany to be manifest as great or greater interest as could be looked for he analyzes several plants everyday with me - remembers their names and learns the use of as many descrip- tive words as can be expected among so many exciting sights & sounds
Location
[Portage, Wisc.]
Date Original
[1867] Jun 18
Resource Identifier
muir01_1082-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 01, Image 1082
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
Indiana Historical Society Library. 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 3
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
