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2 Valley all across among the fountains of Kings River. I got back to Camp last evening This morning after breakfast Clark
said that he ought to be at home attending to business could not feel justified in being away therefore had made up his mind
to leave us - going home by way of the Valley of the main Joaquin. We will push over to the Kings River region attempt to
go down between the middle North Forks, thence into the Canon of the South Fork over the range to Owens Valley South to Mt
Whitney if the weather holds steady, then for Tahoe etc As we are groping through unexplored regions our plans may be considerably
modified. I feel a little anxious about the lateness of the season. We may be at Tahoe in three or four weeks. We had a rough
time crossing the Mid Fork of the Joaq . Browny rolled down over the rocks not side wise but end over end. One of the mules
rolled boulder like in a yet more irregular fashion. Billy went forth to sketch while I was among the glaciers got lost, was
36 hours without food I have named a grand underlined: wide winged mountain on the head of the Joaquin Mt Emerson Its head
is high above its fellows, wings are white with ice snow This is a dear bonnie morning, the sun rays 00672