Title

May-June 1899, Harriman Expedition to Alaska, Part I, San Francisco to Harriman Fiord Image 38

Creator

John Muir

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Transcription

above the snow, now at 1500 to 2000 ft [for] just below it are rich beds of bryanthus & the bristly [lved] cassiope Oregon junco & yel[low]-crowned warbler singing nearly alike. Gulls, kittiwakes & fulmar petrels [flying] in harbor. Saw small sooty albatross yesterday following ship Graceful bird flat-winged seldom flapping his long narrow flat wings. Common following ships |o| S.F. [San Juans or San Francisco] & Seattle. Marbled merlet shot from launch Handsome bird, diver about size of pidgeon Short tipped up tail. Went ashore Fearful smell. Big greasy cannery unutterably dirty frowsy Chinamen. Men in this business are themselves canned. Mice & voles caught Was introduced [Sketch: Orca]

Date Original

1899

Source

Original journal dimensions: 9 x 15.5 cm.

Resource Identifier

MuirReel29Journal02P54-55.tif

Publisher

Holt-Atherton Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library

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