Preview
Transcription
56
ahead up [730/750] ft in wild cascades also to Lake Millar [there] turns S ward [southward] to drain gls [glaciers] of Mt Emerson The Cascade of N [North] Fork has been rendered more broken & torn because avalanche has occurred in its path wh [which] has strewed many trees in its way etc.
The walls of the river valley are regular & the val [valley] much resemble in every way the val of
57
Tuolumne (Glaciers) The gls [glaciers] of South Fork San Joaquin are small & lie at about same alt [altitude] as those of Mt Lyell
[This] [ ] some fine gls [glaciers] on head of Mid [middle] Fork, have seen two at sist [distance] from Minarets
(Avalanche)
The walls of South Fork more swept by avas [avalanches] than those of Tuol [Tuolumne] than any I have seen
Date Original
1873
Source
Original journal dimensions: 8 x 12 cm.
Resource Identifier
MuirReel24Journal03P056-057.tif
Publisher
Holt-Atherton Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library
Rights Management
To view additional information on copyright and related rights of this item, such as to purchase copies of images and/or obtain permission to publish them, click here to view the Holt-Atherton Special Collections policies.
Keywords
John Muir, journals, drawings, writings, travel, journaling, naturalist
