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00807 In camp near Belmont Nevada Aug 28th 1878 in margin: 668 Dear Strentzels. I sent you a note from Austin. Thence
we traveled southward down the Big Smoky Valley, crossing recrossing it between the Toryabet? Toquima ranges, the illegible
summits of which we ascended. Thence still southward towards death valley to Lone Mountain thence Northeastward to this little
mining? town From the summit of a huge volcanic table mountain in the Toquima range I observed a truly glorious spet illegible
a dozen Nevada Cloud bursts falling at once While we were cordially pelted with hail the falling water Cloud illegible , thunder
tones, lighting, tranquil blue sky windows between made one of the most impressive pictures I ever beheld One of those cloud
bursts fell upon Austin, another upon Eureka. But still more glorious to me was the big significant fact I found here fresh
telling glacial phenomena a whole series. Moraines roches moutonees. glacial Sculptures even feeble specimens of glacier meadows
glacier lakes, I also observed less manifest glaciation on several other ranges I have long guessed that this Great Basin
was illegible with ice during the last cold period but the rocks are so unresisting the water spouts to wh all the ranges
have been exposed have not simply obscured the glacial scriptures here but nearly burned obliterated them, so that only the
skilled in margin: Our next address good for fifteen days will be underlined: Hamilton Nevada . Care Cap A. F. Rodgers
in margin: Tomorrow we set out for the White Pine region Cordially Yrs J Muir