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4 the subject, if the question is not too great an intrusion upon your time, and with many thanks 'in anticipation' I
remain Sincerely yours Charles Francis Saunders A stamped envelope is enclosed - John Muir Esq 1 Pasadena, California
August 9/03 My dear Sir- Though personally unknown to you, I venture to write you in quest of a little information on
a subject which the recent p illegible l of your fascinating book on the Mountains of California makes me think you are doubtless?
familiar. Last winter my wife and I spent several weeks upon the island of Santa Catalina, where in our rambles about the
hills we were often in illegible ted in ob- 03287