Creator

John Muir

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65 Clrk Gl Large basin [ ] lol Clrk & Gray Mtn Large well defined Gl lol [between] gray & Red [sketch] v [very] Large [ ] Gl basin with small trib between it & preceding as at A Largest main trunk v [very] deep by cutting out soft red slate seams perpendic. Large laked basin lol two Last broad well formed, mostly in granite wh unites v [very] [regulay] with slate [sketch: Blk Slate, grey granite] 66 Living gl about ½ m broad ¼ long, full of [rung ] hidden streams waved & furrowed. Rocks on top closest together at bottom of surface bulged near bottom where most pressure. [sketch: Has curving seams thus, wall [crevassed] ] Terminal moraine v [very] steep 45° 100 ft h crevassed at top when [ ] thus has ice bridges & chambers marvelously garnished

Date Original

1872

Source

Original journal dimensions: 13.5 x 12.5 cm.

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MuirReel23Journal06P065-066.tif

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Holt-Atherton Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library

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Keywords

John Muir, journals, drawings, writings, travel, journaling, naturalist

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