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Circa Date
circa 1887
Transcription
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in broad massy floods pouring over the domes & brows surging in eddies in the side canons & caves we would see that these falls of air surpass in grandeur the falls of water as the ocean surpasses the lakes that hide in the mtn [mountain] hollows [of the peaks].
January 1st Weather Yo. [Yosemite]
to January 24th 9AM & 3PM
32° [degrees] 32° [degrees]
24 34
34 36
22 28
22 42
23 32
33 38
34 40
36 40
26 42
23 38
28 40
30 43
34 45
28 50
24 39
28 50
24 50
24 52
26 40
26 38
26° 42° Fah [Fahrenheit]
30 42
30 38
Max. [maximum] morning temp [temperature] 36° Evening 52
average 32° 40°.5
min. [minimum] +22 32.
First 9 days variable
snow dustings
moths
Ouzels
Bluebirds
Kingfishers
George Herberts days
54
Lakes of the Upper Merced
Pohono Basin has 1
Nevada " " 67
{ 12
13
16
5
2
1
8
7
3
67
Illilouette " " 16
Yo. [Yosemite] Creek " " 14
Hoff [Hoffmann] " " " 5
Tenaya " " " 8
Total 111 flowing through Yo [Yosemite] Val
On South Fork of Merced
say 15
Cascade Creek 5
Grand Total for
the whole river of 131 lakes
Date Occurred
1871-1874
Resource Identifier
MuirReel31 Notebook11 Img030.jpg
Contributing Institution
Holt-Atherton Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library
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