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
Copyright Status
Copyrighted
Copyright Statement
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Owning Institution
University of the Pacific Library Holt-Atherton Special Collections. 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