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GEORGE W. PIERCE, COUNSELOR AT LAW, 13 PEMBERTON SQUARE. BOSTON, Oct 18th 1875 John Muir Esq., Dear Sir, I want to
thank you for the pleasure you have afforded me as one of the host who have read your article in the November Harj- per s.
It isn t possible that you made all those excursions underlined: a- lone ? I have seen glaciers in illegible - illegible land,
and been on top of Mt. Blane; but never saw anything like what you describe, nor ever read so admirable a description. I had
a moose hunt in the At- lantic for September, 73; and have just returned from a thirty