August 1896, From San Francisco to Alaska and Return, the Osborn Trip Image 8

Creator

John Muir

Preview

Transcription

mothers seemed to be proud to have their babies pictured. Walked with the Osbornes to the edge of the timber over the ground sluiced hillside, a wondrous ruin of tree roots and cobble piles, overgrown with berry bushes, baccinium and rubus now ripe and grass, epilobium, gold thread, cornel, berry, etc. Sailed past the Auk and Eagle Glaciers, up Lynn Canal. Glorious, both fine glaciers, finely displayed. The Eagle, two grand tributaries, uniting near front (see sketch) the mountains on either side of Lynn Canal loaded with glaciers. Every size and form as if on display. At head of Lynn Canal, converging glaciers and their valleys showing cause of size and trend of the canal. Aug 10. At Muir Glacier. Nearly upset in landing from the boat by a berg wave, as we lay in the trough of its breakers.

Date Original

1896

Source

Original journal dimensions: 9 x 15 cm.

Resource Identifier

MuirReel28Journal13P010-011.tif

Publisher

Holt-Atherton Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library

Rights Management

To view additional information on copyright and related rights of this item, such as to purchase copies of images and/or obtain permission to publish them, click here to view the Holt-Atherton Special Collections policies.

Related Reources

To view additional images from the "August 1896, From San Francisco to Alaska and Return, the Osborn Trip" journal, click here to view the image gallery. To view additional journals by John Muir, click here to view the top level of the collection.