June-October 1881, Cruise of the Corwin, Part II Image 98

• Main Author: Muir, John
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Scholarly Commons 1881
• Subjects: John Muir; journals; drawings; writings; travel; journaling; naturalist; Alpine Lake; Herald Island; Pacific; walrus*
• Online Access: https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmj-all/2100; https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/context/jmj-all/article/3099/type/native/viewcontent/fullsize.jpg

July 29. Calm, lovely, sunny day. 50oF in the shade; warm in the sun; the water smooth, with streaks; ruffled, like an alpine lake; mostly glassy, stirred with irregular breaths of air. Ice visible about noon, near post-office point. Fine-grained, hazy, luminous mist about the horizon. A few gulls a...