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of young mountaineers. Good luck for your outing. Greet them 

 all at your camp-fire with my warmest good wishes." 



Para, Brazil, Sept. 19, 191 1 : "I hope you all had a good time 

 this summer, the usual Sierra Club luck. When I left New York 

 August 1 2th, the Hetch Hetchy looked comparatively safe as 

 far as I could see, but the wicked, whether down or up, are 

 never to be trusted, so we must keep on watching, praying, 

 fighting, overcoming evil with good as we are able. 



"I've had a glorious time up the Amazon. In about a week 

 from above date, I hope to be on my way to Rio de Janeiro. 

 Thence I intend going to Buenos Aires, sail up the Uruguay 

 and La Plata, cross the Andes to Valparaiso and southward 

 along the araucarian forests, etc. Then perhaps to South Afri- 

 ca to see its wonderful flora, etc. ; may be home in the spring. 



"My kindest regards to Mrs. Colby and the great pair of 

 boys and to the Parsons, and all the Qub you see." 



On the Steamer "Windkirk," near Zanzibar, Feb. 4, 1912 : 

 "I've had a great time in South America and South Africa. In- 

 deed it now seems that on this pair of wild, hot continents I've 

 enjoyed the most fruitful year of my life. Some happy Califor- 

 nia day I'll try to tell you about it. I'm now on my way from 

 Beira to Mombasa after a grand trip to the Zambesi Baobab 

 forests, Victoria Falls, and the magnificent glacial rock scenery 

 of Southern Rhodesia. From Mombasa I intend to make a short 

 trip into the Nyanza lake region, then home via Suez, Naples 

 and New York, hoping to find you and all the Sierra Club and 

 its friends and affairs hale and happy and prosperous." 



Martinez, May i, 1912: "I'll be down Friday and stop over 

 for the Saturday meeting. If a few of the Club members wish 

 very much to give me an informal dinner I'll not object, but my 

 dress suit is in Los Angeles ; have nothing but old clothes here, 

 therefore the thing must be an informal sort of camp afifair." 



Hollywood, Cal., June 24, 1912 : "I thank you very much for 

 your kind wishes to give me a pleasant Kern River trip, and am 

 very sorry that work has been so unmercifully piled upon me 

 that I find it impossible to escape from it, so I must just stay 

 and work. 



"I heartily congratulate you and all your merry mountain- 

 eers in the magnificent trip that lies before you. As you know. 



