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4 Mr Hutchings has not yet returned from Washington so I will be here all summer I have not heard from you since January
I had a letter the other day from Prof' Butler He has been glancing twinkling about among the towns of all the states at a
most unsubstantral velocity May 17. 1870 Did you see the gold of the Joaquin plains this spring There is a later gold in October
which you must see Remember me warmly to Dr Carr all the boys 44 I remain always most cordially yours John Muir Yosemite,
illegible Big Oak illegible 00512 1 1870 Yosemite May 17th Dear friend Mrs Carr Our valley is just gushing throbbing
full of open absorbable beauty I feel that I must tell you about it, I am lonely among my enjoyments - the valley is full
of visitors but I have no one to talk to The season that is with us now is about what corresponds to full fledged spring in
Wisconsin The oaks are in full leaf have shoots long enough to bend over move on the wind The good old breaken is waist high
already almost all the rock ferns have their outermost fronds unrolled Spring is in full power is steadily reaching higher
like a shadow will will soon reach the topmost h illegible