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Amabilis said to be more durable than [grandis] are much used in [ ]
Saw stalk of wash’ [lily] 8ft h
26 [fls]
Lake never freezes
Snow about 2 ft deep
Dir [direction] up Lake Val [valley] nearly W [west] then N [north] v [very] straight
Alt [altitude] top divide lol [between] Hope 8000 Alt of steep upp [upper] W [west] & E [east] portion above level lower portion 600
Hope Valley very picturesque, barred & dotted
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with forests & meads [meadows] was eroded from granite & lava by gls [glaciers] whose fountains here in a group of high mts [mountains] to S [south]
[sketch]
of all these gls [glaciers] there remains only one in sight from valley
This is rather large appears to be about 1 m [mile] long.
Some large [neves] farther N [north] perhaps gls [glaciers]
Part of the gl [glacier] of Hope Val [valley] flowed down [Carson] Can [Canyon], part down into
Date Original
1873
Source
Original journal dimensions: 8 x 12 cm.
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MuirReel24Journal03P158-159.tif
Publisher
Holt-Atherton Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library
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Keywords
John Muir, journals, drawings, writings, travel, journaling, naturalist
