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HERBERT W. GLEASON 83 PINCKNEY STREET BOSTON, MASS. ILLUSTRATED LECTURES Alaska The Canadian Alps Yellowstone Park
In Thoreau's Country Wild Flowers of the Rockies Bird Life Etc .Boston, Dec. 18, 1907. My dear Mr. Muir: I fear you
will set me down as a worthless kind of muggins to be so neglectful of the promise which I gave you that Mrs. G. and I would
call and see you again before we left California. I assure you that such was truly our intention and desire. I had the tickets
to Martinez in my pocket all the time - and have them yet, - but Mrs. G. did not return north again after going to Los Angeles,
as we planned, and when I returned I had to hurry away to Seattle and Portland on lecture engagements and then had to hurry
back to Los Angeles for more lecture engagements. So I missed you entirely, for which I am very sorry. There were a good
many things that I wanted to talk over with you, and it is not very satisfactory to use a typewriter medium; but unless you
are coming East very soon, this is my only resort, for unfortunately my tickets to Martinez do not cover the distance between
here 2 and SanFrancisco. I had a great time on my King's River trip. I particularly enjoyed the horseback ride in from
Millwood - partly, no doubt, because it was such a contrast to what I had seen (and felt) during my two days' enforced stay
at the Sequoia Hotel (save the mark ) in Millwood. In the canyon I made my headquarters at Kanawyer's, visiting various points
in the neighborhood, ascending Bubb's Creek to Bullfrog-Bryanthus Lake, and climbing Kearsarge Pass and Mt. Gould. Unhappily,
my time was limited (by another lecture engagement at Los Angeles) so I could not visit Owen's Valley or climb Mt. Whitney.
But I was supremely interested in the Sequoias. This was my first sight of them, and I took off my hat in adoration. No temple
made by man, however stately and beautiful, has begun to inspire within me the reverence which I felt when I first gazed upon
these forest giants. I spent a whole day tramping about in the Gen. Grant Park all alone and would fain have stayed there
six months. The one thing above all others which draws me to California and makes me eager to visit the state again is the
Big Trees. I enjoyed especially the trip through 03995