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Motion of Niag, spray at bottom cascade at dist [distance]. Dripping frangula, red berries Adenostema living genus Ceanothus. E islands, Clearly [unmistly] outlined. Quails, Creamy [ ] on dark Shadows inky gls purple towards [sun] silver edged glaring then dim & smooth, with vert walls of ice Crevasses
2 Trip to foot of Sentinal Cascades Alt of larger ab val 13 Slope 30° [degrees] Smaller 550 ft Moraine matter together with matter torn from the rock by snow avalanches mingled to form large slopes of talus not easily distinguished [from] from earthquake slopes Some have large trees growing upon them, where all slope above has been long ago swept bare of moraine matter etc & subsegment avalanches [bring] down nothing? Upper part of avalanches have finer rocks & mud. Fine specimen of at foot of smaller Cascade
Date Original
October 1874
Source
Original journal dimensions: 9 x 14.5 cm.
Resource Identifier
MuirReel24Journal07P01-02.tif
Publisher
Holt-Atherton Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library
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Keywords
John Muir, journals, drawings, writings, travel, journaling, naturalist
