1881 July 4 JM to Louie p2a MSS 301

• Main Author: Muir, John
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Scholarly Commons 1881
• Subjects: John Muir; correspondence; letters; author; writing; naturalist; California; correspondent; mail; message; post; exchange of letters; missive; notes; epistle; Lawrence Island; Ice Sheet; St Lawrence Island
• Online Access: https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmcl/18857; https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/context/jmcl/article/43792/type/native/viewcontent/fullsize.jpg

[Page 3] here I had very fine views of St. Lawrence Island from the north side, showing the trend of the ice-sheet, very plainly, much to my delight. The middle of the island is crowded with volcanic cones, mostly post-glacial, and therefore regular in form and but little wasted, and I counted upwar...