May-July 1873, Indian Cañon, North Dome, Big Tuolumne Cañon Image 10

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John Muir

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2 El Cap opp [opposite] Lake Canon 8.100 ft. top brow =2750 Upper portion Canon about 20 [degrees] June 28th ‘73 snow about gone. Bryanthus in flr. Plants all Springful so also happy young awakening streams. Clark crow screaming. Slope middle position 22 [degrees] 3 Glac Fountain cascade. Bottom 6000 ? or 5950 Alt last leap 180 feet Back about 200 feet slope of few degrees stream leaps wildly on bare rock [glancing] heaping and upboiling. [sketch: Lace; [cave]; [cone]] Mealy look but lower most of spray dust fanned out & bare beady crystals left. E. fork [lacy] widening as if falls enters pool on E. side other on W. central on south two dark shades

Date Original

1873

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Original journal dimensions: 10 x 16.5 cm.

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MuirReel23Journal13RearP02-03.tif

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Holt-Atherton Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library

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