Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[A. H., Fay and Frank ?] Sellers
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3Leaving Vladivostok could hardly walk,- was poisoned with [illegible] in the Crimea, & again in Thanchuria but managed to keep eyes open & [illegible]nd erect most of time being hard to kill or hold down [although?] weighing only about 115 pounds. On the sea soon got well & weighed more than ever in the last ten years. At Shanghai left my companions Prof Sargent & his son Robinson, on the 10th of Sep. they returning home soon after visiting Pekin, while I bought a map of the world & set out alone on a genuine whole hearted enthusiastic trip - & now far I wandered &hard I worked & gazed & enjoyed & worshipped! From Shanghai I went to India by Hong Kong, Singapore & Rangoon to Calcutta - thence into the Himalaya by Darjeeling, - thence back to Calcutta & thence to Benares, L[illegible] Know, Ca[illegible]pore, Agra, Delhi, & into the Himalaya again by Simla, thence to Bombay Egypt & up the Nile etc. Was unable to reach the Cedars of Lebanon on
Location
Martinez [Calif.]
Date Original
1904-06-16 00:00
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Resource Identifier
muir14_0240-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 14, Image 0240
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
Clifton Waller Barrett Library of American Literature, Special Collections, University of Virginia 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
