Letters to a Friend 



you had any view of the valley excepting from 

 the Mariposa Trail? How long were you in 

 Sequoia Grove ? 



We will, perhaps, be here about two weeks; 

 then we will go to the "big meadows" twelve 

 miles towards the summit, where we will re 

 main until we start for the plains some time 

 near the end of September. The kind of meet 

 ing you have had with Yosemite answers well 

 enough for most people, but it will not do for 

 you. When will you return to the mountains ? 



I had a letter from Professor Butler a short 

 time ago, saying that he would probably visit 

 California this month in company with a man 

 of war. 



Remember me to the Doctor and to Allie and 

 Ned. Please send me a letter by the middle 

 of September to Snellings. I have no hope of 

 hearing from you after we start for the Big 

 Meadows. 



