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have weeks provisions.
my fire cannot be seen far hid in willows & rocks No Ind [Indian] [find] me will be too high for them tomorrow [eve] Hear the river rushing fine calm soothing night starry many golden rods & gentians in the meads [meadows] of this Yo Sem [Yosemite]
Sep 27
Morning slept well beneath the Yel [yellow] leafed willows went to sketch pair of ouzels singing song
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squirrels also a [ ] in [ ] calm Ind [Indian] summery morning Hazy light wrapping all the high mts [mountains]- shadows creeping [barred] with light summits tipped with first [spark] light of dawn
Two poplars a dog [pr ] Upper end all willows
Alt [altitude] of Fork (up) 8400 branching nearly equal South Dome between!
reached fork in 3 hours hard climbing very tedious with [cliffs] & [abuting] [abutting]rocks Easier on N [north] Side!
Date Original
1873
Source
Original journal dimensions: 8 x 12 cm.
Resource Identifier
MuirReel24Journal03P038-039.tif
Publisher
Holt-Atherton Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library
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Keywords
John Muir, journals, drawings, writings, travel, journaling, naturalist