Creator

L. Barbezet

Creator

L. Barbezet

Recipient

John Muir

Transcription

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Kishobo Estates

Njoro B. E. A.

20th August 1913.

Dear Mr. Muir

I have just received your letter of July the 2nd and am glad to hear some of the photos will be of some use to you to illustrate the book on your travels; when it is out I hope you weill send me a copy it will be very interesting in more ways than one and a good remembrance of our trip up [River?] Mombasa.
It is very kind of you indeed to send me such a kind invitation, but I am afraid my [friend?] wont allow me to pay you a visit for the San Francisco world fair; though am anxious to pay a visit to America Some day, I must wait until better times; my voyage to Europe will probably be postponed for a month or so, but I hope to be with my mother for X'mas and am very anxious about it, it is over 8 years since I left Switzerland for the last time
Here things are going fairly well and I can't grumble about my [heart?] which could be worse but a change will make a new man of me if the winter does not affect

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me too much, anyhow it ought to be a good shaking up for the blood.
Shortly I am rather expecting a young American to stay with me one of the [Coolidges?] of Boston who is now out on Safari taking photos of big game and when he has finished, we may go together to try to snap a [bongo?] which he has never done before, and it would be the only photo taken of this very shy and timid antilope (buck) which never leaves the bamboo forests above 9000 feet; if we succeed I will send you one.
Hoping to hear from you again and my letter will find you in good health.
Believe me yours very sincerely

L. Barbezet

Location

Njoro, B. E[ast] A[frica]

Date Original

1913 Aug 20

Source

Original letter dimensions: 26 x 20.5 cm.

Resource Identifier

muir21_0682-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 21, Image 0682

Collection Identifier

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

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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.

Pages

2 pages

Keywords

Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters

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