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Martinez, California Aug. 27, 1890. Dear Mr. Johnson: We had hoped to welcome home our Alaska wanderer this week, but
now letters and sketches have come instead from Glacier Bay. Mr. Muir writes that he feels well and strong, better than any
time since he left the high Sierras though he has made a terribly hard exploration of the glacier heights and the icy wilderness
of mountain peaks near the Muir Glacier. Although there were many days of fog and fierce storms after his arrival, he has
had also