August-September 1872, Illilouette Basin Trip Image 29

Loose flakes back [sketch: cross section] S [south] of St K [Starr King] riv [river] runs close to high rock bank leaving flat smooth gravel slope up to St K [Starr King] This is open [sparsely] pined but in places closely & evenly chaparraled by Arct [Arctic] glauca making delightful [green] me...

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Main Author: Muir, John
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Language:English
Published: Scholarly Commons 1872
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Online Access:https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmj-all/302
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Summary:Loose flakes back [sketch: cross section] S [south] of St K [Starr King] riv [river] runs close to high rock bank leaving flat smooth gravel slope up to St K [Starr King] This is open [sparsely] pined but in places closely & evenly chaparraled by Arct [Arctic] glauca making delightful [green] meadow like this [tawny] tract is built of drift Many places over 100 ft deep Many smooth water [pebbles] even large boulders smoothed smooth atop coarser below as seen in sections of streams. This drift v [very] [different] in physical conditions & positions from that of higher regular [moraine] Seems to change from https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmj-all/1301/thumbnail.jpg