Creator
A[lexander] W. Drake
Recipient
John Muir
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44beneath the gl. The form of the front also changed, being much more regular than formerly. A bold cape jutted far out from near the center.If you have a canoe you may visit the exposed section of the [buried?] forest--on the W side of the inlet--slumps acres from 2 to 20 ft high of Menzies [Mertin?] & Paton spruce some with the bark on & the ground still showing bed of humus with needles & cones, a complete section of the ancient forest floor--wh. had been buried beneath a grand wash of assorted moraine material 150 roughly [abraded?] deposited by flood waters. & then washed out by the western river outlet of the gl. showing that though the gl is now receding It was once still more shrunken than now. & then after remaining far back from its present position long enough for trees several cents old, at least 2 generations of them it advanced, now receding again but notwithstanding these fluctuations the recessions & shallowing far exceed the advances & swellings. As shown by the traces on mtns, & once reached to Juan de Fuca07910
Location
New York
Date Original
1895-02-14T00:00:00
Source
Original letter dimensions: 28 x 21 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir08_0833-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 08, Image 0833
Copyright Status
Copyright status unknown
Copyright Statement
Some letters written to John Muir may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
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.
Page Number
Page 2
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
