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2 ness except that in the confusion of travel it slipped out of sight and I supposed I had mailed it. I waited long and
eagerly for a reply and finally decided you had turned me down . So we have had no one write the introduction to Birds of
California. It was a great disappointment to me that you took no notice at all of my appeal for I hoped 3 you would consider
it favorably. The disappointment is tenfold more keen since I now discover that it has been due to my own carelessness. I
thought of you so often during that July, as climbing the high Sierras with your daughters. Afterward I saw the article on
the subject and the excellent pictures of the Sierra Club members- How much you have enjoyed in this life, Mr Muir The secrets
of the mountains