Letters to a Friend 



Yosemite Valley, Yosemite Lake, Other Yo- 

 semite Valleys (one, two, three, four, or more), 

 The Lake District, Transformation of Lakes to 

 Meadows Wet, to Meadows Dry, to Sandy 

 Flats Treeless, or to Sandy Flats Forested, The 

 Glacial Period, Formation of Simple Canons, 

 of Compound Canons, Description of each 

 Glacier of Region, Origin of Sierra Forest, Dis 

 tribution of Sierra Forests; a description of each 

 of the Yosemite falls and of the basins from 

 whence derived ; Yosemite Shadows, as related 

 to groves, meadows, and bends of the river; 

 Avalanches, Earthquakes, Birds, Bear, etc., 

 and "mony mair." 



Yosemite Valley, 



April 1 3th, 1873. 



Indian Tom goes out of the valley to-morrow. 

 With this I send you "Hetch Hetchy." 



Last year I wrote a description of Hetchy 

 and sent it to Prof. Runkle. Not having heard 

 of it since, I thought it lost in some waste- 

 basket, but to-day I received a Boston letter 

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