Letters to a Friend 



The glacier basins are almost unchanged, and 

 I believe that ice was the agent by which all of 

 the present rocks receive their special forms. 

 More of this some other day. Would that I 

 could have you here or in any wild place where 

 I can think and speak ! Would you not be thor 

 oughly iced ? You would not find in me one un- 

 glacial thought. Come, and I will tell you how 

 El Capitan and Tissiack were fashioned. I will 

 most likely live at Black's Hotel this winter in 

 charge of the premises, and before next spring 

 I will have an independent cabin built, with a 

 special Carr corner where you and the Doctor 

 can come and stay all summer; also I will have 

 a tent so that we can camp and receive night 

 blessings when we choose, and then I will have 

 horses enough so that we can go to the upper 

 temples also. I wish you could see Lake Ten- 

 aya. It is one of the most perfectly and richly 

 spiritual places in the mountains, and I would 

 like to preempt there. Somehow I should feel 

 like leaving home in going to Hetch Hetchy. 

 Besides, there is room there for many other 

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