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Circa Date
circa 1887
Transcription
49
Lakes
“The eastern valleys of Scandinavia, & the mountains & plains of Sweden present a perfect labyrinth of lakes”
The granite plains of Finland are sprinkled still thicker” Reclus’ “Earth”. [The Earth: a Descriptive History of the Phenomena of the Life of the Globe]
Alt [altitude] 3d [third] Yo [Yosemite] 7430
Alt [altitude] 1st meadow foot of Lyell 9350.
Canon Lyell of Main Merced
Considering the canon that runs to Mt [Mount] Lyell as the trunk or axis, then the first branch ascending SE.ward [southeastward] bifurcates about a mile above its union with the axis.
Both branches rise rapidly for 800 ft [feet] making fine slopes of swelling granite for cascades to dance & sing upon then they push back to their parent mountains with but little change of course.
Forest
The eastern branch contains a fine evenly planted forest of pine & Mtn [Mountain] Hemlock [Williamson Spruce] growing on a smoothly spread field of moraine material mostly terminal to the sheltered receding glaciers of the summits in front of which it lies.
The other branch is extremely slotted
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Lakes
by the erosion of N.E. [northeast] cleavage joints, many of which are occupied by streams & are several hundred yards long & ten to twelve wide
Many lakes as well as ridges receive their main outlines from these developed planes.
The dividing ridge of the two forks is precipitous & grooved longitudinally by the scooping out of seams as noted above
[sketch of cross-section of dividing ridge with grooves: C. Section]
Sculpture
The canon of these two forks is cut lower at the mouth than the Lyell val [valley] axis.
Soda Springs
On the right bank of the W. [West] Fork there is a group of fine cool pungent Soda Springs.
Lakes
The lakes of these two forks number 12
" " " Lyell fork 13
" " Basin that empties above the Merced Lake 16
with innumerable smaller ones many of which are slung lengthwise in hammock-like basins high on the dividing ridges whose basins were developed by glaciers running par. [parallel] to clvg [cleavage] planes
Date Occurred
1871-1874
Resource Identifier
MuirReel31 Notebook11 Img028.jpg
Contributing Institution
Holt-Atherton Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library
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