Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[Family]
Transcription
[2]
I reached Calcutta from Singapore on the night of Sep. 30. (only 3 days ago.) Next day visited the Calcutta Botanic gardens Saw the famous Banian Tree. etc. & many curious palms & ferns & orchids & people & places & at 4 P.M. took train for Darjeeling about 7000 feet above the sea which I reached next day in the afternoon. What a ride up the mountain it was & what a change of climate from the sweltering heat of the Ganges Delta to the snow cooled breezy heights in fr[illegible]
[1]
Darjeeling, India
Oct 3, 1903.
Dear Louie & darlings
This morning from a ridge back of the hotel here I had a glorious view of the highest part of the Himalaya, I expect to see more of the range in the next week or so. This so far is the most interesting part of my trip though I had no thought or hope of coming here when I left home, or indeed until I separated from Sargent.
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[4]
In about a week I return to Calcutta Thence I intend to go in a round about course to Bombay seeing much by the way. Thence probably to Ceylon, & thence -(don't know how) home.
I'm so thankful God has let me see His Himalaya, & so soon after it it seemed I would see but little more of anything here or elsewhere in this fine t[illegible]
I'll write again before I leave these mountains Wish I could get a letter from you Ever your affectionate husband & father
John Muir
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3)
Mt Everest & Kinchinjinga where over coats are required & good fires. I'm glorying in the crisp mountain air the first Ive breathed since leaving the Sierra & am regaining the health & flesh & lost in Russia. My appetite is better than it has been for years & I bid fair to grow fat in spite of tropic heat, hotels queer food & a" that. So much for health. I wish you could be here all of you & Maggie The climate is delightful & scenery glorious
Location
Darjeeling, India
Date Original
1903 Oct 3
Source
Original letter dimensions: 21 x 26.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from John Muir to [Family], 1903 Oct 3." (1903). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 2701.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/2701
Resource Identifier
muir13_0824-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 13, Image 0824
Collection Identifier
Online finding aid for the microform version of the John Muir Correspondence http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt0w1031nc
Copyright Status
Copyrighted
Copyright Statement
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Owning Institution
Holt-Atherton Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies of the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.
Copyright Holder
Muir-Hanna Trust
Copyright Date
1984
Pages
2 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
