Letter from John Muir to Mother [Ann Gilrye Muir], 1881 Jul 4.
[18?] 2After taking our men aboard we made haste southward before a rising north gale, & stopped at anchor at East Cape a day & a half, where we had to land one of the native dog drivers who had been with the party. Here I climbed the mountains, & had very telling evidence of the grand i...
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ftunivpacificdc:oai:scholarlycommons.pacific.edu:jmcl-37922 2023-08-27T04:10:02+02:00 Letter from John Muir to Mother [Ann Gilrye Muir], 1881 Jul 4. Muir, John 1881-07-04T07:52:58Z image/jpeg https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmcl/12988 https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/context/jmcl/article/37922/type/native/viewcontent/fullsize.jpg eng eng Scholarly Commons https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmcl/12988 https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/context/jmcl/article/37922/type/native/viewcontent/fullsize.jpg The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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 John Muir Correspondence John Muir correspondence letters author writing naturalist California correspondent mail message post exchange of letters missive notes epistle text 1881 ftunivpacificdc 2023-08-07T20:25:59Z [18?] 2After taking our men aboard we made haste southward before a rising north gale, & stopped at anchor at East Cape a day & a half, where we had to land one of the native dog drivers who had been with the party. Here I climbed the mountains, & had very telling evidence of the grand ice-sheet that once flowed over them all on its way south & also obtained a few specimens of flowers. The sun does not set at all now, & it has been light enough to read the finest print at midnight for more than a month, wh is very convenient for making long excursions, but tedious & confusing in the matter of bed time & in keeping trace of the dogs. The last month has been one big eternal day. From E. Cape we went down the Asiatic Coast nearly to Plover Bay then crossed to this point https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmcl/37922/thumbnail.jpg Text Ice Sheet University of the Pacific: Scholarly Commons East Cape ENVELOPE(-45.183,-45.183,-60.633,-60.633) Plover Bay ENVELOPE(-55.731,-55.731,51.150,51.150) |
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[18?] 2After taking our men aboard we made haste southward before a rising north gale, & stopped at anchor at East Cape a day & a half, where we had to land one of the native dog drivers who had been with the party. Here I climbed the mountains, & had very telling evidence of the grand ice-sheet that once flowed over them all on its way south & also obtained a few specimens of flowers. The sun does not set at all now, & it has been light enough to read the finest print at midnight for more than a month, wh is very convenient for making long excursions, but tedious & confusing in the matter of bed time & in keeping trace of the dogs. The last month has been one big eternal day. From E. Cape we went down the Asiatic Coast nearly to Plover Bay then crossed to this point https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmcl/37922/thumbnail.jpg |
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