Creator
John Muir
Recipient
Louie [Strentzel Muir]
Transcription
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[letterhead]
Wellington, January 27th 1904
N. Zealand.
Dear Louie
I arrived here from Auckland yesterday by way of the geyser region, a long rather rough, but very interesting trip overland with about 250 miles of stage riding. The New Zealand hot springs & geysers are not to be compared with those of the Yellowstone, excepting one "the Waimangu Geyser", which broke forth only 4 years ago for the first time. It far surpasses all others as far as known Ill bring home photos of it. A volume with
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magnificent cloud banner of smoke & steam ever rising & flying from its towering summit, & a glacier laden mountain we passed by, & the glorious forests we rode through interested me still more, & the broad stretches of blooming shrubs & heathwort etc The fern-thatched gorges & river banks etc etc, how you & the girls would have enjoyed
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these Ill try to tell when I get home. The strange & rich vegetation has compelled me to begin my botanical studies over again I had a press made at Sidney & I have already collected & dried over a 100 specimens, recalling my early morning days at the beginning of my studies.
Nothing I have ever seen in books given anything like an adequate description of these noble woods & I begin to think I may have to try
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to write about them myself though there is so much on my hands of other work. This afternoon we (3 companions I found on Barbarossa) sail for the south Island where there will be more staging etc but also much glorious mountain glacial scenery. From Christ church I expect to travel alone to the Mt Cook region, perhaps regaining my companions at Bluff on way to Tasmania etc. The weather is delightful midsummer sunshine Wish I could hear from [in margin: from you. I am very well. Love to all. Ever Thine John Muir]
Location
Wellington, N. Z.
Date Original
1904 Jan 27
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20.5 x 13 cm.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from John Muir to Louie [Strentzel Muir], 1904 Jan 27." (1904). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 2744.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/2744
Resource Identifier
muir14_0044-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 14, Image 0044
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
4 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
