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Saw a great many very fine trees 15 to 25 ft dia [diameter] bulging moderately at the base & holding their dia [diameter] in noble simplicity & symmetry. The Gen [General] Grant is burned near the ground on the E [east] side bulges in huge gnarly waves & crags on the N [north] & W [west]. Its bole above the base 30 or 40 ft is smooth & round
[sketch]
[Other] trees in this grove have more wood in them
The general appearance of the grove is so like that of Mariposa
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that one familiar with the [latter] grove can hardly know that this Kings River grove is not the Mariposa.
I could not choose between the two groves, the trees the same in size & gen [general] form, so also the firs & yell [yellow] & Sugar [pine] mingled with them in same proportions.
The underbrush [Cornus] & willow along stream
Rubus, & few ferns etc. on [ ] hillside
This grove on both sides & bottom of a
Date Original
1873
Source
Original journal dimensions: 8 x 12 cm.
Resource Identifier
MuirReel24Journal03P082-083.tif
Publisher
Holt-Atherton Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library
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Keywords
John Muir, journals, drawings, writings, travel, journaling, naturalist
