October-December 1879, First Alaska Trip with S. Hall Young Image 10

• Main Author: Muir, John
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Scholarly Commons 1879
• Subjects: John Muir; journals; drawings; writings; travel; journaling; naturalist; Corral; Gardner; Indian; Wrangel Island; Alaska
• Online Access: https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmj-all/1611; https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/context/jmj-all/article/2610/type/native/viewcontent

drove our little boat across the waves in gallant exhilarating style. The swell was quite heavy. Now we were down in a deep trough, now held on top as if balanced, then were diagonally twisting and twirling the canoe like a bit of drift. The high prow was often down below the level of the wave ahead...