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2 I have abundance of work of a kind that I like I now see my life work. I am at work now as I presume you know, on mtn
structure, am constantly in the outside mtns excepting the one day in a dozen or so that I come to Yosemite for provisions.
I have met a good many of the noted men of Science but am disappointed in not seeing Prof Agassiz He wrote me a very kind
letter very flattering He said to one of my friends in San Francisco that Muir was studying to greater purpose with greater
results than any- one else had done I find a great many friends all seem to 3 expect so much that I must needs accomplish
something if for them alone. I will set out again in a day or two for the summits will deposit some provisions in a central
place where I can harbor in case of a big snow storm. Then I will come here hide in a garret untill spring, writing up field
notes etc. I can do so little in a letter that I never try to give you any definite idea of the kind of illegible probable
results that receive my attention, but I will write something that may be published then you will understand my life better
There is no rest for me 00626