Letters to a Friend 



ward miles, as there is no intermediate camp 

 ing-ground. Yet I am feverless and strong now 

 and can spend two days with their intermediate 

 nights in one deliberate, unstrained effort. 



I am the more eager to ascend to study the 

 mechanical conditions of the fresh snow at so 

 great an elevation; also to obtain clear views 

 of the comparative quantities of lava inunda 

 tion northward and southward; also general 

 views of the channels of the ancient Shasta gla 

 ciers, etc. ; many other lesser problems, besides 

 the fountains of the rivers here and the living 

 glaciers. I would like to remain a week or two 

 and may have to return next year in summer. 



I wrote a short letter a few days ago which 

 was printed in the "Evening Bulletin," which 

 I suppose you have seen. 



I wonder how you all are faring in your wilder 

 ness educational departmental institutional, etc. 

 Write me a line here in care of Sisson. I think 

 it will reach me on my return from icy Shasta. 



Farewell. Ever cordially yours, 



JOHN MUIR. 

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