Letters to a Friend 



breeding of mosses as Nature manifests among 

 these northern Sierras. 



I have studied a big fruitful week among the 

 canons and ridges of the Feather, and another 

 along the Yuba River living and dead. 



/ have seen a dead river, a sight worth going 

 around the world to see. The dead rivers and 

 dead gravels wherein lie the gold form magnif 

 icent problems, and I feel wild and unmanage 

 able with the intense interest they excite, but 

 I will choke myself off and finish my glacial 

 work and that little book of studies. I have 

 been spending a few fine social days with Emily, 

 but now work. 



How gloriously it storms! The pines are in 

 ecstasy, and I feel it and must go out to them. 

 I must borrow a big coat and mingle in the 

 storm and make some studies. 



Farewell. Love to all. Emily and Mrs. Knox 

 send love. 



How are Ned and Keith? I wish Keith had 

 been with us these Shasta and Feather River 

 days. I have gained a thousandfold more than 

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