Creator

Ellie Mosgrove

Recipient

John Muir

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[2]sailors, a captain & his assistant. Two cooks, three waiters with various duties and last and most important [illegible]dallah the small nine year old son of the captain. He carries the camera and books when we are on expeditions. A very attractive little [native?] with a yellow turban.The river is ever changing and to our never ending delight the mud brick villages that we pass every few hours always pour out the picturesque population. I love to see the queer comp[illegible]ing, aloof [camels?] carring sugar-cane or [stones?]. The fast little donkey is here and makes a splendid mount when we are[3]off to the [tombs?].All the time we have been away we have watched the papers for news of the Hetch Hetchy and by turns have been elated or cast down. You know our hearts have been with you and if it is defeat - I can not believe it - our disappointment will be to deep to express. When we think of the months of your valuable time given to it we can not bear to have it [unconsidered?]. Did you come back through the Nile? A letter from you to-day expressing New Years' greetings speaks as though you knew well the

Location

Asuit, Egypt

Date Original

[1914] Feb 4

Source

Original letter dimensions: 19.5 x 27 cm.

Resource Identifier

muir22_0141-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 22, Image 0141

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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

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