Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[Family]
Transcription
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[in margin: It's late, must [illegible] to bed & get up early I'm feeling well & getting stronger in spite of the long rough rides & hot weather-]
[letterhead]
Bombay Oct 23, 1903
Dear Louie & children
I expect to sail on the steamer "Peninsular" tomorrow for Egypt, lodging at [illegible]ez & going by rail to Cairo, I want also to see a little of Palestine if possible
I've seen far more of India than I expected The Simla region with its Deodar
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forests & views of the high white Himalaya was gloriously interesting & all the way down here is full of novel sights & sounds. I think Midge that the funniest thing was limber long legged long tailed monkeys running along side the railroad as if trying to keep up with the train for fun
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monkey boys I suppose, & sober old mammas setting on top of fence posts with babies in their arms, holding the youngsters so that they might get a good view while the train thundered past with [2?] rods of them. These wild monkeys are very tame for nobody molests them, the Hindoos however poor always try to help their tailed
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neighbors in getting a living
O dear! I feel lonsome though I make acquaintances fast wherever I go. You would laugh to see me lecturing on glaciers etc to Hindoos, Parsees, Mahomitans Jews & gentiles on the cars & at hotel tables. I mean to turn back at the head of the Mediterranean & make haste home by Ceylon, Australia New Zealand Tus[illegible] [illegible] etc
With love to all John Muir
Location
Bombay [India]
Date Original
1903 Oct 23
Source
Original letter dimensions: 21.5 x 13.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from John Muir to [Family], 1903 Oct 23." (1903). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 2708.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/2708
Resource Identifier
muir13_0856-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 13, Image 0856
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
The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust. To purchase copies of images and/or obtain permission to publish or exhibit them, see http://www.pacific.edu/Library/Find/Holt-Atherton-Special-Collections/Fees-and-Forms-.html
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
