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5 will be better however to see the parts of the world I have long wanted to see ought to see, now that I am fairly launched
on my travels, get done with the wandering Jew business once for all I have already seen a good deal Now I want glimpes of
the Australian Zealand Tasmanian forests, rocks mountains glaciers, geysers etc. I wanted to see the forests of Lebanon -
the famous cedars or deodars - but have been presented by the Cholera now in Palestine miserable quarantines, disinfections,
etc My health is now quite as good as when I left home having gained more than I lost in Russia. after cutting loose from
my companions, I must still be growing heavier for my appetite is better than it has been for years. Fondly hoping all is
well with you I am ever affectionately yours John Muir