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like Sent [Sentinel] all of this [series] is [are] similar to some portions of Yo Sem [Yosemite] wall, only more strikingly picturesque so also is look of valley.
This sent [sentinel] is really a Tis [Tissiack] in form having had a heavy ice [sheen] on both sides & the N [North] Dome corresponds in position to it as Tis [Tissiack]
The stream wh [which] drains the basin of the first layer trib [tributary] on S [south] is [said]
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[to be very large nearly as [ ] above]
About [size] of Yo Sem Crk [Yosemite Creek]
It has 3 times cut its basin can [canyon] down to level of trunk has fall 20 or 30 ft into large round pool out of very narrow [ ] v [very] picturesque.
The first large mead [meadow] is opp [opposite] N & S [North & South] domes (looking down val [valley] from [my] Yo Sem [Yosemite] Alt [altitude] about 5300
like, 20 [ ] camp opp [opposite] first
Oct 10
Tissiack on large mead [meadow]
This is remarkable abundance of delightful river reaches picturesque Treed & bushed & flrd [flowered] & ferned. Light & [shade]
Date Original
1873
Source
Original journal dimensions: 8 x 12 cm.
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MuirReel24Journal03P102-103.tif
Publisher
Holt-Atherton Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library
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Keywords
John Muir, journals, drawings, writings, travel, journaling, naturalist
