Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[Sarah Muir Galloway]
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a lonely rock standing in the centre of a valley there the streams takes its rise. At a distance this rock looks like an old castle Sheep herding has been extolled by philosophers & poets, but I think that both philosophy & poetry are dimly seen in the business if seen at all.Milton bewailed his inability to see "flocks & herds" but I don't care of I should never see any more of these dirty mongrel mutton assemblies The native mountain sheep is a happy animal & handsome as a deer but these misshapen mixed "improved" creatures are "fearfully
Location
West Bank of Castle Creek
Date Original
[1869] Feb 27
Source
Original letter dimensions: 3 x 22.5 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir02_0051-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 02, Image 0051
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
