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4. with you again this evening and give you the result of todays labor. I wish you would write immediately on receiving
this address to Wanzeka? Wis. I shall pass near that place in a few days Truly your friend J Muir 13 1 1863, July
8 Dear friend Emily When morning had dawned after our evening log house adventure, we found ourselves upon the brink of
one of the highest points overhanging the river. It seemed as though we might almost leap across it The sun was unclouded,
and s illegible with fine effect upon the fleecy sea of fog contained by its simple banks of bluffs - later it flowed smoothly
away as we g illegible and g illegible us the noble Mississippi in full view. Breaking the spell which bound us here so long
we leisurely proceeded to explore the pretty glen which we hoped before in the dark. here we spent some hours of great interest
and added some fine plants and fossils to our growing wealth, and soon found ourselves upon the shore illegible the great
river