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letterhead 1 Mar 28 1887 Mr. John Muir Dear Friend It is now two weeks sine we landed safely home from our long
journey, full time that we send you a few lines, letting you know of our arrival. I am sorry to say Walter has not improved
but rather gone back in health. After we left you, he seemed to pick up a good deal the medicines were helping him. In Salt
Lake City he did not feel so well, but improved again in Colorado. So that, at (Colorado Springs we had a delightful days
drive--but some way he hurt his foot lamed himself so that when we got home he was obligated to keep per- fectly quiet to
save the foot. This kept him in the house so close that he could gain no appetite has been gradually running down ever since.
In that weak condition.