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28 There is more moraine matter upon the N [north] than S [south] side of Donner L [Lake] because in dying the gl [glacier] moved N ward depositing the rough irregular beds on N side as ter mors No beautiful mtn lake is or may be more comprehensively suited & desecrated [ ] its fringe of snow & forest, and willowy thicket is hacked & smashed a [mill] at the [corner] and has consumed the [forest] trunks. The Lake having thus been compelled to destroy its own forests
29 Hearth stone 7 x 5 ft sq 5 x 3-4m in 3’ h to 12 in thick slightly rounded
The terminal mor [moraine] of Donner is v [very] regular & dam like - is used [as] dam in milling just below the dam in a flat grove of p.[contorta] [libo] & p grandis the long stump mark the camping ground of the Donner party. They were not good mntneers or they would not have suffered. The whole winter could have been
Date Original
1874
Source
Original journal dimensions: 8.5 x 13 cm.
Resource Identifier
MuirReel24Journal05P028-029.tif
Publisher
Holt-Atherton Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library
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Keywords
John Muir, journals, drawings, writings, travel, journaling, naturalist
