Letters to a Friend 



and is it true that these are Bryant's Melan 

 choly Days? I don't know, I will not think, 

 but I will go above these brooding days to the 

 higher, brighter mountains. 



Farewell. 



Cordially ever yours, 



JOHN Mum. 



\ I shall hope to hear from you soon. I will 

 come down some of the valley canons occasion 

 ally for letters. 



I am sorry that you are so laden with Uni 

 versity cares. I think that you and the Doctor 

 do more than your share. 



Do you know anything about this Liebig's 

 extract of meat ? I would like to carry a year's 

 provisions in the form of condensed bread and 

 meat, and I have been thinking perhaps all that 

 I want is in the market. 



Yosemite, 

 September 8th, [1871.] 



I am sorry that King made you uneasy about 

 me. He does not understand me as you do, and 

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