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Aug 20. 1870. earthly grace I doubt if John in Patmos saw greater seasons than we you were remembered there we cordially
wished you with us , Our next sweet home was upon the velvet gentian meadows of the South Tuolumne Here we feasted upon soda
burnt ashy cakes stood an hour in a frigid rain with our limbs bent forward like Lombardy illegible in a gale, but ere sunset
the black clouds departed, our spines were straightened at a glowing fire - we forgot the cold all about half raw mutton alkaline
cakes - the grossest of our earthly coils was shaken off ere the last slant sunbeams left the dripping meadow the spiry mountain
peaks we was? again in the illegible alpine heaven saw heard things equal in glory to the purest best of Yosemite valley our
next camp was beneath a big gray illegible at the foot of Mt Dana Here we had another rain storm which drove us beneath our
illegible Where we lay in complicated confusion our forty limbs woven into a knotty piece of tissue compact as felt Next day
we worshiped upon high places on the brown cone of Dana, returned to our rock, next day walked among the flowers cascades
of Bloody Canon camped at the lake. rode next day to the volcanic cove nearest? to the lake bade farewell to the party, climbed
to the highest crater in the whole range south of the illegible lake, Well I shall not try to tell you anything as it is unnecessary
Prof Le Conte whose company I enjoyed exceedingly in margin: will tell you all. Ask him in particular to tell you about
our camp meeting on the Janaya rock. I will send you a few illegible mountain plant children by Mrs Yelverton. If there is
anything in particular that you want let me know. Mrs Yelverton will not leave the valley for some weeks you have time to
write. I am ever your friend JM