August-September 1872, Illilouette Basin Trip Image 36

Creator

John Muir

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Crescent Lake [Sep] [September] 8 Alt [Altitude] 8350 Another blessed globule of light called a sunny day Godful Godful Godful in every pore [sketch: Mor [Moraine]; Lake; mead [meadow]] gen [general] current [sheet] period

Cr [Crescent] Lake is set upon top of the great S [South] Fork Can [Cañon] It lies with foot to S [south] A terminal mor [moraine] dams the HO [water] to lake Dam composed of boulders [not] easily removed by stm [stream] logs help dam Mor [Moraine] set thus abruptly on edge of [cañons] only on S [south] sides Camp among Seven Lakes 8375 Alt [altitude] huge mor [moraine]

Date Original

1872

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Original journal dimensions: 7 x 11 cm.

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MuirReel23Journal07P68-69.tif

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Holt-Atherton Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library

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