Creator

John Muir

Creator

John Muir

Recipient

[William Keith]

Transcription

[2]

Egypt & Palestine Thence I mean to turn back homeward by way of Ceylon Australia N. Zealand the Islands etc Had a great time in Russia too- the Caucasus, Crimea Siberia, Manch[illegible]- strange I have to make these long journeys alone Can never get anybody to go with me even half the way You would

[Oct. 1903] [1]

Arabean Sea, 300 miles East of [illegible] Bahel[illegible] - on board steamship "Peninsular"

Dear Willie

I m having a grand time the [lonely?] I left the Sargents 6 or 7 weeks ago at Shanghai, they going to Pekin & I to India to see the glorious Himalaya with its glaciers Deodar forests etc & I have seen them from two main points Darjeeling & Simla. Now I'm going to



[3]

have enjoyed the Himalaya & the Caucasus, but not Siberia. I hope you see Wanda & Helen often. I seem to have been away from them all years instead of months- At Moscow I received a very kind letter from Harriman Remember me to Charlie Keeler & who ever cares for me- Ever sincerely yours John Muir
You would enjoy the strange sunsets on this sea-

Location

Arabean Sea

Circa Date

[1903 Oct]

Source

Original letter dimensions unknown.

Resource Identifier

muir13_0860-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 13, Image 0860

Collection Identifier

Online finding aid for the microform version of the John Muir Correspondence http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt0w1031nc

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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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

The Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley. 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

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