letterhead New York, 18th Octr 1904 My Dear Mr. Muir I got back to Philadelphia the other day came on here with my wife
today to go on board the Oceanic tomorrow. The weather was somewhat broken after leaving San Francisco but I had not much
to complain of on that score. After joining the C.P.R. however my comfort as a Railway traveller in this great continent was
gone. The carriages were filthy and crowded - so much so that I was glad to get a seat in a su illegible king room of a second
class carriage one day from 2 a.m - till 5 p.m. I survived it all however am here none the worse. The scenery about Glacier
and Bauff was really very fine but I am with you in thinking that the mountains rocks of the Yosemite cannot be beaten by
anything I have since seen. The train going east was about 8 hours late when I joined it at Bauff and the one going west was
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