June-September 1879, Expedition to Alaska Image 48

191 16th Sep [September] at Wrangell Lovely silvery satiny pearly day the view from the hill over the bay ravishingly beautiful & novel the water a mirror but white mostly the islands black with black reflection whole [form] outlined, then the blue [islands] beyond they also mirrored in front in...

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Main Author: Muir, John
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Language:English
Published: Scholarly Commons 1879
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John Muir
journals
drawings
writings
travel
journaling
naturalist
Bay Lake
Menzies
Sitka Bay
Thunder Bay
glacier
Alaska
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spelling ftunivpacificdc:oai:scholarlycommons.pacific.edu:jmj-all-2377 2023-08-27T04:09:34+02:00 June-September 1879, Expedition to Alaska Image 48 Muir, John 1879-06-01T07:52:58Z image/jpeg https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmj-all/1378 https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/context/jmj-all/article/2377/type/native/viewcontent/fullsize.jpg eng eng Scholarly Commons https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmj-all/1378 https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/context/jmj-all/article/2377/type/native/viewcontent/fullsize.jpg To view additional information on copyright and related rights of this item, such as to purchase copies of images and/or obtain permission to publish them, click here to view the Holt-Atherton Special Collections policies . All John Muir Journals John Muir journals drawings writings travel journaling naturalist text 1879 ftunivpacificdc 2023-08-07T21:02:27Z 191 16th Sep [September] at Wrangell Lovely silvery satiny pearly day the view from the hill over the bay ravishingly beautiful & novel the water a mirror but white mostly the islands black with black reflection whole [form] outlined, then the blue [islands] beyond they also mirrored in front in own color then the glossy [satiny] clouds with dark purplish centers & bars of black [never] before saw 20 white a day so much subdued lustre x them of similar sufferings of their own & of the childs bitter [loss] in another world all in a perfectly natural way wholly unlike the vacant silent hesitating behavior of most civilized [friends] who seem [nonplussed] & awkward afraid to speak. 192 W.W. Russell Thunder Bay Lake Superior W [west] Dir [direction] gl [glacier] [strie] Sitka Bay. Menzies Sp [Spruce] on hill back of Wrangell 475 yrs [years] old 6 ft dia [diameter] inside back 5 ft ab [above] ground https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmj-all/2377/thumbnail.jpg Text glacier Alaska University of the Pacific: Scholarly Commons Bay Lake ENVELOPE(-100.964,-100.964,56.759,56.759) Menzies ENVELOPE(61.911,61.911,-73.437,-73.437) Sitka Bay ENVELOPE(-37.400,-37.400,-53.985,-53.985) Thunder Bay ENVELOPE(68.885,68.885,-49.325,-49.325)
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travel
journaling
naturalist
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naturalist
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June-September 1879, Expedition to Alaska Image 48
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description 191 16th Sep [September] at Wrangell Lovely silvery satiny pearly day the view from the hill over the bay ravishingly beautiful & novel the water a mirror but white mostly the islands black with black reflection whole [form] outlined, then the blue [islands] beyond they also mirrored in front in own color then the glossy [satiny] clouds with dark purplish centers & bars of black [never] before saw 20 white a day so much subdued lustre x them of similar sufferings of their own & of the childs bitter [loss] in another world all in a perfectly natural way wholly unlike the vacant silent hesitating behavior of most civilized [friends] who seem [nonplussed] & awkward afraid to speak. 192 W.W. Russell Thunder Bay Lake Superior W [west] Dir [direction] gl [glacier] [strie] Sitka Bay. Menzies Sp [Spruce] on hill back of Wrangell 475 yrs [years] old 6 ft dia [diameter] inside back 5 ft ab [above] ground https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmj-all/2377/thumbnail.jpg
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