Title:
Letter from [John Muir] to [Parson Family?], [1904 Jun].
Creator:
[John Muir]
Publisher:
University of the Pacific Library Holt-Atherton Special Collections. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies
of the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.
Contributor:
[Parson Family?]
Date:
[1904 Jun]
2008
Type:
Text
Format:
Image/jpeg2000
Identifier:
muir14_0297-md-1
Source:
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Language:
eng
Coverage:
[Martinez, Calif.]
Rights:
Copyrighted
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Muir-Hanna Trust
1984
Transcription:
(Rough draft of letter in envelope marked My own Round world notes and letters on Trees, soil, people, etc. ) Martinez,
Cal., June, 1904 (No salutation - letter marked The Parson's family met on way to New Zealand gl acier s ). 1 was glad
to get your letter for it is always pleasant to hear from and be remembered by fellow travelers whose company one has enjoyed
in the midst of God's beautiful wildness in new strange lands. I spent about a week in the kauri woods and had a glorious
time. The kauri pine , Agathis(?) Australia, formerly called Demmara Australis, is one of the very noblest and most impressive
of all the great and beautiful trees whose acquaintance I've made in my long wanderings. I went to Sydney by the steamer,
arriving 23rd. Then made an excursion about 2600 m iles far along into Queensland by rail, stage, and private carriage - all
the way through forests, many of them exceedingly beautiful, with palms, Eugenias, Tristanias, figs, eucalyptus of a hundred
species, but the glory of these forests are the2Araucarias,A. Bidwelli and A. Cunninghami(?), especially the Bidwelli - a
perfectly glorious tree as seen at home on the Banga(?) Mountains - 150 to nearly 200 feet h igh rejoicing in Wildness, soaring
with majestic port, round and dark and massy, high above its noble comp anion s. But I must stop description or this letter
will spread into a book. Returning to Sydney I sailed to Manila by way of Port Darien(?) and Timor. Had good time in the beautiful
Philippine woods. Thence went to Hong Kong. Thence home by way of Shanghai, Japan, and Honolulu, reaching home by the end
of May. Rest of letter evidently lost 03367