July-August 1899, Harriman Expedition to Alaska, Part III Image 13

Creator

John Muir

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[Poetry] Now Dear J B[John Burroughs] When [Bread] is [Free] J B [John Burroughs] my [Joe] [Where] you go [Where] water flow To seek your dinner Bait your hook

J B [John Burroughs] my [Joe] Whether with heart or herring roe You bait your hook Don’t bait your hook at all my [foe] Seek elsewhere food & joy When fishes bite the fishers [bitten] [point] not [ ] & [ ] [ ] [sunset] or [sinner] Down the brook to seek a [dinner] While [spirt] & food may both be found [Where] wheat & fruit bedeck the ground

Date Original

1899

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Original journal dimensions: 10.5 x 17.5 cm.

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MuirReel29Journal04P20-21.tif

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Holt-Atherton Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library

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