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& fortunately so [hard] as to have changed but little showing the dir [direction] of ice to have been in dir [direction] of greatest diameter so all such rocks
[sketch] Top of
On the op [opposite] side of the [mountain] can [canyon] there is a high range of [ ] gl [glacier] basins whose ice flowed in the dir [direction] of [these] rocks longer dia [diameter], & in the reverse dir [direction] of the
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valleys of the S [South] side thus
[sketch:] val [valley]
There are 5 or 6 of these basins extending from Tissiack nearly to end of divide between Mid & S [Middle & South] Fork.
They are quite high 11000? trees gradually dwarfing & [spanning] in [columns] & [ ] until [yell] [ ] [patches] [bare] rock this rock bare, they contain no [ ]
Date Original
1873
Source
Original journal dimensions: 8 x 12 cm.
Resource Identifier
MuirReel24Journal03P096-097.tif
Publisher
Holt-Atherton Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library
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Keywords
John Muir, journals, drawings, writings, travel, journaling, naturalist
