Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[Katharine Hooker]
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[2]hard journeys along rivers across mtns & tablelands & through strange forests are concerned. I've seen all I sought for & far far far more. From Para I sailed to Rio de Janeiro & at the first eager gaze into its wonderful harbor saw that it was a glacier bay as unchanged by everything as any in Alaska, every rock in it & about it a glacial monument tho within 23º of the equator & feathered with palms instead of spruces. While every mountain & bay all the way down the coast to the Rio Grande do Sul corroberates the strange icy story . From Rio I sailed to Santos & Nunes struck inland & wandered most joyfully a thousand miles or so mostly in the State of Parana through[3]millions of acres of the ancient tree I was so anxious to find Araucaria Braziliensis. Just think of the glow of my joy in these noble aboriginal forests, the face of every tree marked with the inherited experiences of millions of years.From Paranagua I sailed for Buenos Aires, Crossed the Andes to Santiago Chile, thence south four or five hundred miles. Then straight to the snowline & found a glorious forest of Araucaria imbricata the strangest of the strange genus.The day after tomorrow, Dec. 8th, I intend to sail for Tenereeffe on way to South Africa. Then home some way or other. but I can give no address until I reach New York. I'm so glad your health is restored, & now that you are free to obey your heart & have your brother's help & Marian's cosmic energy your good doing can have no end.
Location
Montevideo [Uruguay]
Date Original
1911 Dec 6
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Resource Identifier
muir20_0735-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 20, Image 0735
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
