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4 be long remembered Over the Muir illegible the heather The heather is just coming into bloom it is glorious. Wish I could
camp in it a month. All the scenery is interesting but nothing like Alaska or California in grandeur. Tomorrow Im going back
to Edinburgh next morning intend to start for Norway. Where I will write Possibly I may not be able to catch the boat but
guess i will. Thence Ill return to Edinburgh then go to Switzerland. Love to all Dear Wanda Helen here is some bell heather
for you. Ever yours J.M. in margin: 78 1 letterhead in margin: 799 Oban July 22, 1893 Dear Louie- I stayed about
ten days at Dunbar, thinking I should not slight my old home cousins. I found an extra cousin in Dunbar - Jane Mather that
I had not before heard of she is one to be proud of as are the Lunams. I also found a few of the old schoolmates now gray
old men Older looking I think grayer than I though I have led so hard a life. I went with Maggie Lunam to the old schoolhouse
where I was so industriously thrashed