Title:
Letter from John Muir to Osborn [family], 1911 Sep 20.
Creator:
John Muir
Publisher:
University of the Pacific Library Holt-Atherton Special Collections. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies
of the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.
Contributor:
Osborn [family]
Date:
1911 Sep 20
2008
Type:
Text
Format:
Image/jpeg2000
Identifier:
muir20_0650-md-1
Source:
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Language:
eng
Coverage:
Para, Brazil
Rights:
Copyrighted
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Muir-Hanna Trust
1984
Transcription:
Para, Brazil, Sept. 20, 1911 Dear friends Osborns all I fancy you home from the health-giving Rockies full of icy radium
and ozone and silver fir balsam, if possible happier and lovelier than ever I've had a glorious time up the great river into
the heart of its vast forested basin and have gained far more telling views of the trees than I ever hoped for. The river
as yon know is immensely wide but for hundreds of miles the steamer ran so close to the densely forested banks that I could
almost touch the out-reaching branches, fancy how I stared and sketched. At Manaos I wandered about in the woods guarded and
guided and befriended by the best citizens, almost civilized-Mostly due to introductions by Mr. F. H. Sanford a graduate of
Yale. I did not go to Iquitos because I couldn't without waiting a month or six weeks for a steamer in the midst of lots
of Yellow fever and Malaria, while the whole round trip from Manaos to Iquitos and return would require about three or perhaps
four months time that I judged could be more profitably spent elsewhere. I suppose Cook and Sons will return the cost of this
unused part of the ticket. I received two lots of letters forwarded from Castle Rock on my return from Manaos a few days ago,
and am now waiting for a steamer to Rio. Will probably get away on the 25th of this month. From Rio after a short stay I plan
to go to Bueno Aires, thence up the La Plata and Uruguay rivers, over the Mountains to Valparaiso etc. etc. Then after all
this couldn't you join me somewhere in a trip to S. Africa? Anyhow wherever I may wander I shall always be your faithful
gratefulaffectionate friend John Muir I think letters sent to Buenos Aires C/o American Consul will reachDont let lovely
Osborn Sanger forget me 05109