letterhead 17th August, 1908 My dear Friend Muir I am visiting the Muskokas and also Bradford where in the bygone days
of long ago, we spent such happy times together. It is still comparatively wild here altho the stroke of the woodman and the
advance of civilization have changed it from what it was in those days in margin: Saturday: Last night as I watched the
several hundred fashionably dressed men and women dance in the ballroom in this 04264 2 letterhead veritable palace
I could not help but wander down the years when you were whittling out your wooden clocks or studying an handful of wild flowers
with that enthusiasm that has brought you to fame and glory Barrie? and Orillia? were the boundry line of civilization although
George Turner had his little store at what is now Muskoka Wharf and was the entire community Hotels line the banks of these
numerable? islands and private residences of the wealthy of Canada and the U.S. 04264