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OFFICE OF JOSEPH J. PERKINS ATTORNEY AT LAW NOTARY PUBLIC AND COMMISSIONER OF DEEDS, ETC. . . for . . ARIZONA GEORGIA
MICHIGAN NEW YORK OREGON COLORADO ILLINOIS MISSOURI NEW MEXICO PENNSYLVANIA DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA LOUISIANA MASSACHUYSETTS
OHIO In re........... Panta Barbara, bal. Mr.John Muir (No.2). thirty five years ago - to die, as my friends verily
believed -and even my physician intimating that if I did net go to a mild climate my friends would be likely to take My remains
to Mt. Auburn before Spring. Well, I thought I would try Santa Barbara. When I arrived I weighed 117 lbs., which for a six-footer
, you will admit, was a light weight. I was a mere skeleton. As soon as I was strong enough to ride, I started for the Santa
Ynez range of mountains, exploring its canons, climbing its ridges and finally its highest peak 4000 feet, or to be exact
3985 feet - a mere ant hill compared with some of the peaks of Sierra Nevada - often sleeping on the ground with my saddle
for a pillow, wherever night overtook me. In that way I regained my health and, in time, my normal weight 175-180 lbs. I mention
this fact as an evidence that I have seen at least some of the foothills of California, if not the mountains. Now the mountains
are calling to me, Oh so loudly And your books have emphasized the call. I mean to respond to it sometime. I feel very much
interested to know what you used for footwear in Summer in the mountains and also what you used in Winter, when you wallowed
through the snow - four to six feet in depth. And for my own advantage, in the mountains, I would like to know what kind,
or kinds of food you took with you on your five to ten-day tramps. You speak of bread and tea only. How and in 04739