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2 again down Mission . to Eagle. The mountains are the most beautiful treeless snowless mountains I have ever seen. At one
camp, within a radius of a few weres? we picked 63 distinct varieties of flowers. I collected over 30 species of butterflies.
The mountains of S.E. Alaska are not is it with these in flowers insects. And such pastures The herds of the U.S. might graze
there. I hope you will take a trip across these mountains get botanizing mountainizing. cant you come to me at Cape Nome
the first of July next, ascending the Yukon with me to illegible where I am to attend a meeting of the Presbytery of Yukon
the fourth Thurs. of July; thence I comtemplate going on up to Eagle 600 miles further, then take a pack train from Eagle
across those mountains to headwaters of Copper R. down it to Baldy, where I think of founding a mission? Thence it is easy
to Sitka down the Coast. What do you say? Shall we have another high solemn revel together? Break away from the luxury of
millionair trips to the freedom of roughing it with your old companion. We shot the various rapids of the Yukon in our boat
when they were at their highest fiercest, but we go through safely enjoyed it. I was touched by the graves at White Horse
Rapids of the fevor fellows who have been wrecked drowned there. Afterwards, one midnight while steering along 02615