from here Seattle. some of them gathered on the Fraser The illegible boat rolled heaved at a most extravagant rate yesterday
the smell from the kitchen etc so compound novel altogether made me a little sea-sick. It was calm or nearly so in the afternoon
after entering the straits of F illegible I curled up on the upper deck in a coil of rope back of one of the hatches enjoyed
a nap Good bye. Be patient. Heaven bless you. How you would enjoy this wild north scenery. Some day I will at least tell about
it in margin: Ever cordially yours John Muir