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ST. JOSEPH. MO. AUg. 25 '10. Prof. John Muir, Martinez, Calif. Dear Sir: Yours of Aug 11 last yr came into my hands just
now, again, while handling some of my papers that I had laid away. I note your kind invitation to come and talk . Irecall
very well that at the time I recd this invitation I fully contemplated that pleasure - for it would be quite a pleasure to
me. But I hav e been so very busy that I have not had the opportunity to visit your Golden West since 1908.I do hope to be
there next summer just after my boys get out of school - that is my best time to see the country . I am writing this letter
to you thinking that I may call your attention to something that will be directly in your line : In ? 1908, with my family,
I landed at Sausalitu on the bay, then went on electric ry to Mill Valley where we waited for train to go up Tamalpais. While
waiting at Mill Valley I walked up thevalley some five blocks or more and saw several circles of Sequo sequoias evidencing
the spot where their forbears once stood. In one of these circles stood 51 trees, if my memory serves right, averaging in
height over 100 ft. The parent tree was 04863