June-July 1890, Sketches of Glaciers Made Around Muir Glacier, Alaska Image 4

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John Muir

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Saw Bald Eagle flying across face of gl [glacier] & over gravel [bluff]

Tide line darker blue & well defined along base of gl [glacier].

Timber in bluff nicer [snout] with bark on, wood quite sound

Saw some under ice wh [which] seemed to be [rolled] in [fine] clay

1890

June 24

1 P.M.

New [snout]

3rd [station]

[sketch glacier]

[sketch: base of ice; Ice; ice; fall in line with shoulder of cliff]

June 24 7 PM [station] pile rocks, one green, Elevation 275 near head of [snout] E [East] side

[sketch: [Sn]]

on [tent] mor [moraine]

Date Original

1890

Source

Original journal dimensions: 10 x 17 cm.

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MuirReel28Journal01P04-05.tif

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Holt-Atherton Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library

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