4 I am fairly well - not well enough to have much energy to tackle anything serious in the way of work. I must next year
see what tramping a little on a glacier will do. If anything will cause the oil of life to burn a little more brightly that
is it I am sure. I was at a lecture a short time ago and saw a lot of Alaska slides on the screen. I was immensely interested
in the series on account of your connection with the stickeen country. I hope you are keeping well and that you are better
in every way for your long absence from home - and no worse for such long and arduous journeys. Yours very sincerely Geo
Nicholson. 1 letterhead 13. x1.03 Dear Mr Muir Your letter of 28 Oct gave me genuine pleasure. I had often wondered
where you were and how you were getting on. I envy your trip to Darjeeling c: the immemorial East has been the dream of my
life and I fear the reality will never come now. At least you will have had distant glimpses of the roof of the world. A fellow
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