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4 account of cholera. From Port Said went to Ceylon, thence away down on the south end of the world to Australia New Zealand
- Thence by way of Port Darwin Timor through the M illegible Archipelago to Manila - to Hong Kong again, Ca illegible Shanghai,
Negasaki, Kobe, Yoko illegible , Tokio, home by Honolulu. Had glorious time in India - the highest Himalaya peaks, glaciers,
deodar forests, great Banian trees, temples, swarms of strange people, wild monkeys etc. Found Old Egypt interesting also.-
its long green palmy valley between brown deserts, marvellous towns? temples monuments of the lang syne of humanity opening
telling views into history making the dead live again. Had perfectly glorious reviving times in Australia New Zealand. Their
floras are so novel exciting I had to begin my botanical studies over again, made big piles of specimens, working night day,
counting all labor as nothing. How long this letter little in it definite. Good bye Ever yours John Muir