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Grand Hotel S.F. July 12, 1889. Dear Louie 12 a 1/2 oclock again so that this letter should be dated the 13th. Was at
dentist an hour a half got a sweat? have to go again tomorrow still have done pretty well, 17 pages- now 86 altogether, Dewing?
is telegraphing like made from New York for Muir's M.S. He will get ere long. Most of the days work was prosing? except the
last page past now written. Here it is. Speaking of mastas sent from Puget Sound I write - Thus these trees stripped of their
leaves branches are raised again, transplanted set firmly erect, given roots of iron bare cross-poles for limbs, a new foliage
of flapping canvas, then sent to sea, where they go merrily 01362