Creator

John Muir

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current 3 [msl] [miles long]

This stream heads in [summits] to E [East] in pass Gentians meadow ful 1 ft h [heigh]. many roses & Lynosyris

Lake most lovely with ducks rippling glassy dark waters Pines & Junipers standing picturesquly on rock headlands 1st Rushes (brown) Yel [yellow] few Green [2nd] grass on N [North] end 4 bays with answering promontories on W [West] behind in dist [distance] high

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peaks, rocks nobly sculptured sheer to water hum of bees, dragonflies willow thickets in bays

Alt 7100 ft

7th Camp in this [pondy] rocky meadowy [grovey] wilderness

wild roses with scarlet hip Yarrow & goldenrod Many a mint Monardilla [Monardella] aster gray

NW [northwest] SE [southeast] dir [direction] of lake

Dir [direction] of [striae] in this section about N [North] 33 W [West] Gabb & Abbot in dist [distance]

Date Original

1873

Source

Original journal dimensions: 8 x 12 cm.

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MuirReel24Journal03P022-023.tif

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Holt-Atherton Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library

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Keywords

John Muir, journals, drawings, writings, travel, journaling, naturalist

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