stamped: Bidwell Papers Bancroft Library Sequoia woods on Kings River Oct 21st Have been studying the age of the giants
here yesterday today. illegible eastward into the South Fork Canon, thence over the divide into Middle Fork down far as possible
Clouds no snow as yet Recd yrs just before leaving San Fran. Will write on return in two or three weeks. Hard work ahead but
glorious. Ever Cordially yrs J. M.