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1 letterhead Sep. 9 1895 Dear Mr Muir I have just had a visit from my friend Rennie who returned from his Californian
trip about a couple of months ago and he tells me how very kind you were to him and how much he enjoyed your stories his stay
under your hospitable roof. I only wish it had been my luck to illegible with him. The next best thing to hope for, is that
the attraction of the old country will soon bring you to Auld Reekie again. 02020 2 I have just returned from a climbing
holiday in Switzerland and managed to ascend half a dozen of the giants of the Alps the Matterhorn Rothhorn among others.
I must confess I expected to find them more difficult than they were, for beyound being a trifle longer I found in the climbs
nothing stiffer than what I had been accustomed to at home. When you come to Scotland again I must take you to a real mountain,
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