Letters to a Friend 



do the same. If you should wish to reach me 

 by letter after I have started with the sheep to 

 the mountains, you may perhaps do so by ad 

 dressing to Coulterville. 



When you write, state whether you will visit 

 the big trees on your way to the valley or 

 whether you will do so on your return. 



I bid you good-bye, thanking the Lord for 

 the hope of seeing you and for his goodness to 

 you in turning your face towards his most holy 

 mansion of the mountains. 



Hopeton, May 2Oth, 1869. 



I forgot to state in my last concerning the 

 Yosemite that I did not receive yours until 

 many days after its arrival, as I was shearing 

 sheep a considerable distance from here in the 

 foothills, and the postmaster, knowing where 

 I was, could not forward it; but I will remain 

 here until the ist of June, or possibly a few days 

 later, and will receive any letters arriving for 

 me at once either in Snelling or Hopeton. 



The grove of sequoias is only six miles from 

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