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Union Club, Victoria, B.C. Aug. 16, 1897 Dear Louie - We expected to sail for Alaska tomorrow but nave been so delayed
by the crowds or Endeavorers on the trains and other contrary events we have been compelled to wait for the Queen wh which
sails on the 22d, which will be better anyhow I guess. Perhaps less crowded and certainly have better accommodations. In the
meantime we will prowl about the woods here and in the neighborhood of Port Townsend and Seattle. We stayed a day at Laggan,
a day and a half at Glacier, a day at Vancouver, and arrived here last evening. Sargent is going off tomorrow for a two days
trip up the coast on the R.R. and I mean to remain here and try and write that newspaper article, though I don't feel like
writing. The Atlantic article will probably have to wait quieter times. I feel anxious to hear how Grandma and all of you
are, and now that our plans are set I will telegraph. It has been very hot hereabouts for three days, and I fear you also
have suffered. In the Selkirk and Rocky Mtns mountains it was delightfully cool. Were it not for the jamb of gold seekers
I would telegraph Mary to come, but we have not been able to make sure of our berths so far. Ever yours, John Muir Write
hereafter to Port Townsend. 023300X3*0