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Palace Hotel San Francisco Feb 23 1903 Mr. John Muir Dear Sir: From your writings of them I am filled with the desire
of seeing these forests of California, of illegible them with our own in the East, and of fixing deeper? than the ordinary
t illegible is able their illegible ing. Knowing no other sure way, I am asking, unpardonably I fear, your advice for a weeks
trip in the Sequoia Park or wherever it would be possible. If I knew of some frontier camp where one could live, at least?
warmly, and ride or walk through the woods each day. But it is so hard for an Easterner to have conditions here; to know whether
the sun? is an u illegible utable obstacle or not, whether a trip at this season would be madness or wisdom. A few words from
you, I feel, would set me right beyond a shadow of denial. Spured by the desire of not missing such an opportunity I have
made this call 03169