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2 be good all the time learn my lessons. The round tower on the hill in the picture at the beginning of the letter is one
of the places I used to play at on Saturdays when there was no school Here is a little sprig of heather a man gave me yesterday
another for Wanda. The heather is just beginning to come into bloom I have not seen any of it 01701 3 growing yet I
dont know where the man found it. But I'm going pretty soon up the mountains then Ill find lots of it, wont it be lovely,
miles miles of it, covering whole mountains making them look purple, I think I must camp out in the heather. Im going to come
home just as soon as I get back from Switzerland, about the time the grapes are ripe I expect I wish I could see you my little
love John Muir your papa