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Martinez. Aug. 18. 1899. My dear Prof. Sargent. I got home from the big north trip on the 3d but had to go to the Sierra
Calaberas Big Tree Grove almost before I settled hearing that it was to be sold made into lumber? . My Sperry I found who
owns both the Calaberas South Grove the Sugar pine region about them had offered 100,000 for 2000 acres, but had refused the
offer. So the trees there are safe as yet. he promised to let me know before accepting any offer that would include the Sequoia
Groves. The Harriman trip was a grand success the South North ends of the Excursion in S.E. Alaska Behring Sea I had seen
under more favorable auspices before, but the Coast inlets from Cross Sound to Yakutat Bay, Prince Williams Sound Cook Inlet
Kodiak Island, Shumagin Island. the Alaska Peninsula to Unalaska I had not seen though we stopped only a few days at a time
here there I picked up a good many bits of knowledge enjoyed the trip in grand style. Here are a few