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4 I wish I could tell you stories of my long trip, but a big book would not hold half of them - the parks gardens picture
galleries of Europe; the towns fields, forests rivers of Russia - the beautiful shores of the Black Sea-, the great mountains
glaciers forests of the Caucasus,- the broad billowy densely forested ridges spurs of the Ural Mountains-, the vast fertile
plains rivers of Siberia,- the charming hills dales forested mountains broad rich plains of beautiful Manchuria- picturesque
Japan,- the mountainous island-dotted coast of China . The snowy Himalaya loftiest of earth's mountains, with their glaciers
great rivers Deodar forest-, wonderful old Egypt with its life giving river, green fields tawny deserts innumerable sublime
monuments of auld lang syne of humanity.- Balmy palmy Ceylon - The endless wonders beauties of Australia New Zealand - The
strangest people, the strangest animals, the strangest plants. The Philippine Islands too etc This I fear you will find hard
reading but what can a body do with such a job at the end of a letter? Anyhow I am Sincerely your friend John Muir.