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4 & hearty as a sea [wave]. Keen-eyed & courageous, self-reliant, a stubborn skeptic, would not believe even in gls [glacies]. His definition of a gl, "a big mtn all covered with ice." Then a river said I would be a big mtn all covered with water. Told him what a gl was & succe...
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ftunivpacificmsl:oai:scholarlycommons.pacific.edu:jmj-all-2851 2023-06-11T04:12:00+02:00 June-July 1890, Trip to Alaska; June-August 1893, Trip to Norway Image 5 Muir, John 1890-06-01T08:00:00Z image/jpeg https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmj-all/1852 https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/context/jmj-all/article/2851/type/native/viewcontent/fullsize.jpg eng eng Scholarly Commons https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmj-all/1852 https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/context/jmj-all/article/2851/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 1890 ftunivpacificmsl 2023-05-06T22:33:27Z 4 & hearty as a sea [wave]. Keen-eyed & courageous, self-reliant, a stubborn skeptic, would not believe even in gls [glacies]. His definition of a gl, "a big mtn all covered with ice." Then a river said I would be a big mtn all covered with water. Told him what a gl was & succeeded in exciting his interest. Told him he must reform for a man who neither believed in God or Glaciers must be the most wicked & dangerous of all unbelievers. "None of the Priests can bulldoze me" he said. Found Mr. Loomis at Port Townsend. [Sailed] from [here] this eve on [Queen.] Touched again at Victoria. Walked up town for breakfast. The vegetation lovely especially the larger wild rose by the wayside & spiruea & the honey suckle of gardens. Gl action 5 visible everywhere. Sailed for Alaska June 18. at 10:30 A.M. Weather cloudy rainy. Saw P.B. [Cornwall] on Puebla. Offered to employ me to descend Mt. Baker & Bellingham Bay [refuse] He is interested in Coal Mining Cloudy all way to Fort Wrangle, lost time with slight difficulties with engine. Scenery delightful even in dull weather. The marvelous wealth of forests,islands, waterfalls. Clouds wreathing the heights gently. Many ava [avalanche] slopes & slips. The [tones] of [sky] delicious in pearl grays, browns of woods, purple edgings of clds mist fringes endless combinations of water & land. ever shifting. Not interesting to most tourists. I saw one of the small whales that frequent these channels & mentioned [ ] [tho] [fast] then called attention https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmj-all/2851/thumbnail.jpg Text glaciers Alaska University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law: Scholarly Commons Browns ENVELOPE(-44.583,-44.583,-60.700,-60.700) Cornwall ENVELOPE(-59.688,-59.688,-62.366,-62.366) Norway |
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4 & hearty as a sea [wave]. Keen-eyed & courageous, self-reliant, a stubborn skeptic, would not believe even in gls [glacies]. His definition of a gl, "a big mtn all covered with ice." Then a river said I would be a big mtn all covered with water. Told him what a gl was & succeeded in exciting his interest. Told him he must reform for a man who neither believed in God or Glaciers must be the most wicked & dangerous of all unbelievers. "None of the Priests can bulldoze me" he said. Found Mr. Loomis at Port Townsend. [Sailed] from [here] this eve on [Queen.] Touched again at Victoria. Walked up town for breakfast. The vegetation lovely especially the larger wild rose by the wayside & spiruea & the honey suckle of gardens. Gl action 5 visible everywhere. Sailed for Alaska June 18. at 10:30 A.M. Weather cloudy rainy. Saw P.B. [Cornwall] on Puebla. Offered to employ me to descend Mt. Baker & Bellingham Bay [refuse] He is interested in Coal Mining Cloudy all way to Fort Wrangle, lost time with slight difficulties with engine. Scenery delightful even in dull weather. The marvelous wealth of forests,islands, waterfalls. Clouds wreathing the heights gently. Many ava [avalanche] slopes & slips. The [tones] of [sky] delicious in pearl grays, browns of woods, purple edgings of clds mist fringes endless combinations of water & land. ever shifting. Not interesting to most tourists. I saw one of the small whales that frequent these channels & mentioned [ ] [tho] [fast] then called attention https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmj-all/2851/thumbnail.jpg |
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