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Bee-Pastures Of California In Two Parts.:-Ii'', John Muir Jun 1882

Bee-Pastures Of California In Two Parts.:-Ii'', John Muir

John Muir: A Reading Bibliography by Kimes (Muir articles 1866-1986)

THE BEE-PASTURES OF CALIFORNIA. IN TWO PARTS: II. IN THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY.—WHITE SAGE. Regarding Mount Shasta comprehensively torrid plain deep into the. cold azure, we find from a bee point of view, encircled by its the first five thousand feet from the. summit many climates, and sweeping aloft from the pretty generally snow-clad, and therefore are about as flowerless 3tA honeyless as the sea. The Jc of this arctic region is I jpniled by a belt of naked la'va swastiring about a thousand feet 9 vertical breadth. Beautiful Sdiens enliven the faces of the efiffs with their bright colors, …


American Christian Review, Vol.25, No.27, June 29, 1882 Jun 1882

American Christian Review, Vol.25, No.27, June 29, 1882

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Bee-Pastures Of California: In Two Parts:-I., John Muir May 1882

Bee-Pastures Of California: In Two Parts:-I., John Muir

John Muir: A Reading Bibliography by Kimes (Muir articles 1866-1986)

THE BEE-PASTURES OF CALIFORNIA. IN TWO PARTS: 1. SV. -V,V-;'f S; ;.-;:-;'.":;:'.- When California was wild, it was one sweet bee-garden throughout its entire length, north and south, and all the way across from the snowy sierra to the ocean. Wherever a bee might fly within the bounds of this virgin wilderness—through the redwood forests, along the banks of the rivers, along the bluffs and headlands fronting the sea, over valley and plain, park and grove, and deep leafy glen, or far up the piney slopes of the mountains—throughout every belt and section of climate, bee flowers bloomed in lavish …


American Christian Review, Vol.25, No.13, March 23, 1882 Mar 1882

American Christian Review, Vol.25, No.13, March 23, 1882

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American Christian Review, Vol.24, No.51, December 20, 1881 Dec 1881

American Christian Review, Vol.24, No.51, December 20, 1881

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American Christian Review, Vol.24, No.50, December 13, 1881 Dec 1881

American Christian Review, Vol.24, No.50, December 13, 1881

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Homeward Bound. End Of The Corwin's Cruise In The Arctic Ocean. Elephant Point-A Fossil Glacier And Its Exuberant Vegetation. Shipwrecked Prospectors-An Alaskan Silver Mine And Oonalaska Scenery. (Special Correspondence Of The Bulletin.) Steamer Corwin, Oonalaska, October 4, 1881., John Muir Oct 1881

Homeward Bound. End Of The Corwin's Cruise In The Arctic Ocean. Elephant Point-A Fossil Glacier And Its Exuberant Vegetation. Shipwrecked Prospectors-An Alaskan Silver Mine And Oonalaska Scenery. (Special Correspondence Of The Bulletin.) Steamer Corwin, Oonalaska, October 4, 1881., John Muir

John Muir: A Reading Bibliography by Kimes (Muir articles 1866-1986)

Written Oct. 4, 1881 Pub. Oct. 31 TOM1B MII-TOMB) HOMEWMB BO0ND, !, i'ShipT-rresked 2?srospcotorn — Aa Alasliaa. Silvex Miae aad Qonalaslran Scenery. ISICIALOOKKSSPONDENCH OF THE BULLETIN.) I ,., Arctic Ocean. Eleplramt Point- A Fossil Glamor a-ad ris Eajteberan-t Vegetatiotfi 'A Steamett. Goswin, ."onalaska, October 4, 1SS1. f On the heme voyage, all the hard Arctic -work done, the Corwin stopped a week at the head of Kotzebue Sound, near Chamisso - Island, to seek a fresh supply of water, and make some needful repairs and observations, Written Oct. 4, 1881 ?-ub. Oct. 31 & - ,'..: (ft*;/ T 4 fl …


An Ice-Bound Shore. Cruising Along The Edge Of 'The Pack'-Off Wrangel Land. 'Hove To' In An Arctic Gale-The Corwin's Misadventures. Aboriginal Merchant Middlemen Of Two Continents. (Special Correspondence Of The Bulletin.) Steamer Corwin, Arctic Ocean, Between Herald Shoals And Point Hope, September 3, 1881., John Muir Oct 1881

An Ice-Bound Shore. Cruising Along The Edge Of 'The Pack'-Off Wrangel Land. 'Hove To' In An Arctic Gale-The Corwin's Misadventures. Aboriginal Merchant Middlemen Of Two Continents. (Special Correspondence Of The Bulletin.) Steamer Corwin, Arctic Ocean, Between Herald Shoals And Point Hope, September 3, 1881., John Muir

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Written, Sep. 3, 1881 Pub. Oct.27 X •Oorwin" AY. OCTOBER 27. m ICE-BOMB SHORE. Cruising aloag the Ege of " the Facte" Off Wrangel Laad. " M.o'vb to " sm am Arctic Gale—'Sho CSc]r win's A'eorigi&al aserdiant Hid&l ernes of Two Continents. [SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF TEE" -BULLETIN.] -t / - , f f / Steameb Corwin, Arctic Ocean ) , (Between herald Shoals and Point Hope), r September s, isst. ) On the morning of August VlliC, having taken.a full supply of coal and water on board, and put the ship in as good condition as possible, we left Plover …


Letter From J[Ames] Bryce To [Joseph Le Conte], 188[1] Oct 26., James Bryce Oct 1881

Letter From J[Ames] Bryce To [Joseph Le Conte], 188[1] Oct 26., James Bryce

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[letterhead] Yo Semite Valley, Oct. 26 188_

My dear Sir:

[My?] many thanks for your note. I shall trust to have an [illegible] [opportunity?] of reading your paper on the lavas of the N.W. in Amer. Journal, and shall feel grateful for your article on the geology of California if you have a copy to spare and can send it to me as you so kindly offer to do. The papers which you sent had not reached me at the Palace Hotel when I left on Monday, but no doubt they will be there before now, and I will get …


In Plover Bay. Reindeer Farming On The Arctic Shores Of Siberia. Graphic Description Of Reindeer Farmers And Their Flocks. Glacier Groovings-Desolate Appearance Of The Land. (Special Correspondence Of The Bulletin.) Steamer Corwin, Plover Bay, Siberia, August 26, 1881., John Muir Oct 1881

In Plover Bay. Reindeer Farming On The Arctic Shores Of Siberia. Graphic Description Of Reindeer Farmers And Their Flocks. Glacier Groovings-Desolate Appearance Of The Land. (Special Correspondence Of The Bulletin.) Steamer Corwin, Plover Bay, Siberia, August 26, 1881., John Muir

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FLOYER BA. Written, Aug. 25, 1881 Pub. Oct. 26 " ___ Reindeer Fanning om the Arctic Shores of giteria,, ic escipptija of Reindeer Glacier Groovlngs—Oesolata of SJt3 band. Appearance "Corwin" ffVl '" '"'. I ,; .- , , O {special correspondence of the fullettin.] Steamer Corwin, } Plover Bat, Siberia, August 26,1881. ( This morning a party from the ship went to the head of the bayunder the guidance of a pair of Ts chuckchis to see a flock of reindeer that 'they told us was there. The distance, we found, is about eighteen miles from the lower harbor, where …


Out Of The Arctic. The Most Northerly Coal Mine In The World. The Corwin In A Gale-Effects Of The Northern Current. The Diomedes-Dangers To Navigation In Behring Strait. The Point Barrow Signal Service Expedition-What It Expects To Do. (Special Correspondence Of The Bulletin.) Steamer Corwin (Plover Bay, Siberia), August 25, 1881., John Muir Oct 1881

Out Of The Arctic. The Most Northerly Coal Mine In The World. The Corwin In A Gale-Effects Of The Northern Current. The Diomedes-Dangers To Navigation In Behring Strait. The Point Barrow Signal Service Expedition-What It Expects To Do. (Special Correspondence Of The Bulletin.) Steamer Corwin (Plover Bay, Siberia), August 25, 1881., John Muir

John Muir: A Reading Bibliography by Kimes (Muir articles 1866-1986)

Written., Aug. 25, 1881 Pub. Oct. 25 'Corwin'* The Most Northerly Goal Sine m the World. 'iTlie Corwin In a dale—Effects of the Northern Current. "Tie JDioaioeies—Stuoceaw to Navigation in Be&uriag Strait. IBe Poiat Barrow Signal Service Hzpedi- tioa—What It EspecSs to Do. [SPECIAL COERESr-ONDENCE OF THE BULLETIN.] Stsames Corwin (Plover Bay, Siberia),.) August 25,1881. ) We left icy, gloomy Point Barrow on the afternoon of the 18th, with fine Arctic weather, which held out good hopes that we would be able to lie two days at the mine twenty miles cast of Cape Lisburne, and take out and get …


Perils Of Whaling. The Corwin Among The Whaling Fleet Off Point Barrow. Destruction Of Whaling Ships By Ice-Esquimaux Wreckers. (Special Correspondence Of The Bulletin.) Steamer Corwin, Off Point Barrow, August 18, 1881., John Muir Oct 1881

Perils Of Whaling. The Corwin Among The Whaling Fleet Off Point Barrow. Destruction Of Whaling Ships By Ice-Esquimaux Wreckers. (Special Correspondence Of The Bulletin.) Steamer Corwin, Off Point Barrow, August 18, 1881., John Muir

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PEBILS OF WHAIglft, Written, Aug. 18, 1881 Tke Coi-wia Among the WiaUag Fleet QS Poiat Barrow. "Corwin- )2* Beetraction. of Whaling Shies by Sss— j EEqiiiiaaux WreC&ess. VvwC [SPECIAL COBBESPONDENCE OF THE BULLETIN.] - - :-. . s ..' Steamsh Cotswin, off Point Barrow,) August 18,1861. ) Finding it impossible to get northward tferougb the iee anywhere near the east side of Wrangel Land, it was decided that we should cross to the American coast to make another effort to reach Point Barrow-to. learn the lite of the whaleship Daniel Webster, which, as 1 have stated in a former letter, …


On Wrangel Land. Wreckage Found On The Beach-Condition Of The Soil. Improbability Of Any Landing Having Been Made By Captain Delong. Difficulties Which Beset The Corwin-Narrow Escape From The Ice. (Special Correspondence Of The Bulletin.) ... Steamer Corwin, Off Point Barrow, Alaska, August 17, 1881., John Muir Oct 1881

On Wrangel Land. Wreckage Found On The Beach-Condition Of The Soil. Improbability Of Any Landing Having Been Made By Captain Delong. Difficulties Which Beset The Corwin-Narrow Escape From The Ice. (Special Correspondence Of The Bulletin.) ... Steamer Corwin, Off Point Barrow, Alaska, August 17, 1881., John Muir

John Muir: A Reading Bibliography by Kimes (Muir articles 1866-1986)

Written, Aug. 17, 1881 Pub. Oct. 22 .•/" . ,- gj**" ? ; '- SjK jy" - vl OtoOS / STISS12 Wreckage Joined a the Beach--Condition off the SeiL jSmprolba'biHty of .flsmy Landing Having Seen Mad. by Captain Bo liomg. SSifSoiiltias Which Beset the Corwia—JTar- row Escape from the 2oe. (SPECIAL COP.RESPONBENCE OP THE BULLETIN.] With the arrival ol the revenue cutter Thomas Ccrwin we have received a hatch ol Interesting correspondence relative to the memorable cruise just finished from the Bulletin's special correspondent, John Muir, who accompanied the expedition in search ol the missing whalers and the Jeannette. The …


Coniferous Forests Of The Sierra Nevada. Ii., John Muir Oct 1881

Coniferous Forests Of The Sierra Nevada. Ii., John Muir

John Muir: A Reading Bibliography by Kimes (Muir articles 1866-1986)

THE CONIFEROUS FORESTS OF THE SIERRA NEVADA. 921 / " opened a school. From there he removed to Grasmere, and finally to Nab Cottage, on the banks of Rydal Water, where he spent the rest of his days. He had no enemy but himself, nor was he so great an enemy to himself as another might have been in his place; for whatever his life was at times, his heart was always tender and loving, and his genius pure and beautiful. Tempted, suffering, repentant, he died in his fifty-fourth year, and was_..buried by the side of Wordsworth. " Let 1iim …


Wrangel Land, Conflict With The Ice-A Struggle To Reach Shore. The Corwin In An Arctic River-Acquisition To The National Domain. Steamer Corwin, Off Point Barrow, August 16, 1881., John Muir Sep 1881

Wrangel Land, Conflict With The Ice-A Struggle To Reach Shore. The Corwin In An Arctic River-Acquisition To The National Domain. Steamer Corwin, Off Point Barrow, August 16, 1881., John Muir

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Written, Aug. IS, 1881 Pub. Sep. 29, " ,-p 3V* CoBfiiet with the Iee—A Struggle to Keaeli Shore. Xixe Coiwin in an .Arctic Xirer—Acquisition to tlie National Domain. utffo" Steamer Corwin, ) Off PoiK'r Barrow, August 16,1881. f Four days ago a notable addition was made to the national domain, for on the i|.2tB} of this month Captain C. L. Hooper laudeu on Wrangel Land and took formal possession of it in the name of the United States.-, . 2rhe extent of the new territory thus acquired is not definitely known, nor is likely, to be for many is century, …


The Jeanette Search. Exploration Of Herald Island-No Signs Of The Missing Ship. Dangers Of Arctic Exploration-Fauna And Flora Of The North. (Special Correspondence Of The Bulletin.) Steamer Corwin (Off Herald Island), Arctic Ocean, July 31, 1881., John Muir Sep 1881

The Jeanette Search. Exploration Of Herald Island-No Signs Of The Missing Ship. Dangers Of Arctic Exploration-Fauna And Flora Of The North. (Special Correspondence Of The Bulletin.) Steamer Corwin (Off Herald Island), Arctic Ocean, July 31, 1881., John Muir

John Muir: A Reading Bibliography by Kimes (Muir articles 1866-1986)

written, July 31, 1881 Pub. Sep. 28 " EVENING "GorwiiF THE JEAimETTE SEARCH. Exploration of Herald Island—No Signs of the Missing Ship. JJasgfers of Arctic Exploration—Fauna and Flora of tlie Worth. Written, July 51, Pub. Sep. 29 1681 •IT' P Q '- this lowest portion being about half a mile, and the average width about two miles.:'The entire island is a mass of granite, with the exception of a patch of meiamorphie slate near the center, and no doubt owes its existence with so considerable a highly to the superior resistance this granite offered to the degrading action of the …


Coniferous Forests Of The Sierra Nevada. I., John Muir Sep 1881

Coniferous Forests Of The Sierra Nevada. I., John Muir

John Muir: A Reading Bibliography by Kimes (Muir articles 1866-1986)

CONIFEROUS FORESTS OF THE SIERRA NEVADA. VIEW IN THE SlliKKA l-OREST. The coniferous forests of the Sierra Nevada are the noblest and most beautiful on earth. So short a time, however, has elapsed since they were first discovered, and so ftw comprehensive explorations have been made, that they are as yet but little known. Thousands of appreciative travelers have beheld them in the distance, stretching darkly along the range, the snow-clad summits towering imposingly above them, the great central plain of California outspread beneath; and many have passed through the lower and middle zones on their way to Yosemite ..Valley, …


At Metchigme Bay. Glacier Work At Plover Bay-A Crazy Native-His Idiosyncracies And Attempted Suicide. Steamer Corwin. Near The Mouth Of Metchigme Bay, On The West Side Of Behring Strait, June 27, 1881., John Muir Aug 1881

At Metchigme Bay. Glacier Work At Plover Bay-A Crazy Native-His Idiosyncracies And Attempted Suicide. Steamer Corwin. Near The Mouth Of Metchigme Bay, On The West Side Of Behring Strait, June 27, 1881., John Muir

John Muir: A Reading Bibliography by Kimes (Muir articles 1866-1986)

Written June 27, 1881 AT MfeffifilGK BAY. V* 5 f f ? Cilaeier Wo!& at. Plover Bay—A Crazy Na- civs—His Idiosncraeies aad -Attempted Suicide. Steamsk COKWIN, 'S . . Near the Mouth of Metchigme Bay, I on the west side of Behring Strait. | June X, 1831. J After leaving St. Michael's, on the evening of She fist; we crossed Behri ag Sea to Plover Bay to .'•'Sii oufcoal-bunkers fram a pile belonging to his Majesty the Czar of Bussla, arriving there early on the morning of the 2Gth, having been detained at St. Laurence Island by'a gale from the …


At St. Michael's. An Arctic Summer Scene-Description Of The Trading Post Yukon River Indian Trappers-Outfitting The Corwin. St. Michael's, Alaska, June 20, 1881., John Muir Aug 1881

At St. Michael's. An Arctic Summer Scene-Description Of The Trading Post Yukon River Indian Trappers-Outfitting The Corwin. St. Michael's, Alaska, June 20, 1881., John Muir

John Muir: A Reading Bibliography by Kimes (Muir articles 1866-1986)

Written, June 20,1881 Pub. Aug. 16, " SIGHTS HSF THE ARCTIC. jSt. MiciaeUs—Native Trailers of the Far North. "Corwin- J 2,1 tracings of tie Ancient lee Flood- Siberian Villages. $.n Arctic Hunter's Home—Esquimo Qemeteries. ttJ u2/iV 1 O at. Ml t 'V STanna and TIoto. off the Frozen Zone- [FROM THE BULLETIN'S SPECIAL COSBESPONBBNT.] The following correspondence supplementary Jo what was published in the Bulletin yesterday Was also received by the Alaska Commercial Company's steamer St. Paul, from the Bulletin's Special correspondent of the Far North : AT ST. MICHAEL'S. ftu Arcsic S-KEKiner Scene—Description of the 'iTsutaaa Fst—YuJUon River ludi&n …


At East Cape. Ashore-A Siberian Village-The Arctic Hunter's Luxurious Home-Arctic Cemeteries-Botanizing On The Siberian Shore-Tracing The Ice Floods. Steamer Corwin, East Cape, Siberia, July 1, 1881., John Muir Aug 1881

At East Cape. Ashore-A Siberian Village-The Arctic Hunter's Luxurious Home-Arctic Cemeteries-Botanizing On The Siberian Shore-Tracing The Ice Floods. Steamer Corwin, East Cape, Siberia, July 1, 1881., John Muir

John Muir: A Reading Bibliography by Kimes (Muir articles 1866-1986)

AT EAST CAPE. rTritten July 1, 1881 IP si . ? jtshore—A Siberian ViHRKe-Tiie Arctic tlun- ier's l-uxurioiis Home—Arctic Cemeteries —Bot.aniMMs oa tine sitoerian whore—Trac- iBisr tiie Ice Floods. Steamek Corwin, \ t • * East Cape, Sibekia, July l, 1881.]" After getting our search party on board at Tap- kan, we found it Impossible under the conditions of ice and water that prevailed to land our Tchu- chl dog-driver, who lives there, and who had come off with the party to get his pay. He was in excellent spirits, however, and told the Captain that since he had received …


St. Laurence Island. Arctic Volcanoes-A Land Of Lava And Craters-A Ghastly Scene In An Arctic Golgotha-The Work Of A Famine. Steamer Corwin, St. Laurence Island, Alaska, July 3, 1881., John Muir Aug 1881

St. Laurence Island. Arctic Volcanoes-A Land Of Lava And Craters-A Ghastly Scene In An Arctic Golgotha-The Work Of A Famine. Steamer Corwin, St. Laurence Island, Alaska, July 3, 1881., John Muir

John Muir: A Reading Bibliography by Kimes (Muir articles 1866-1986)

Written, July 2, 1881 Pub. Aug. 15, r f ST. LAURENCE ISLAND. Arctic Volcanoes—A liand of Lava and t'sraters—A C!Siafly cesie in an Arctic Cxolgotiia—The Work of a Jlfauiine. Steamek Corwin, St. Laurence Island, Alaska, July 3,1881. f St. Laurence Island, the largest in Behring Sea, is situated at a distance of about {So} miles off the mouths of the Yukon, and 45 miles from the nearest point on the Coast of Siberia.., ', _,_~S3nH ARCTIC VOLCANOES;-j-' —-- It is.,about,100 miles m length from east to west and J5..miles in. average width ; a dreary, cheerless looking mass of black …


Near Cape Serdze. Rejoined By The Land Party-Confirmation Of The Discovery Of Wreck Of The Vigilant-List Of Relics Recovered. Steamer Corwin (Off The Tchuchi Village Of Tapikan, Near Cape Serdze, Siberia), June 29, 1881., John Muir Aug 1881

Near Cape Serdze. Rejoined By The Land Party-Confirmation Of The Discovery Of Wreck Of The Vigilant-List Of Relics Recovered. Steamer Corwin (Off The Tchuchi Village Of Tapikan, Near Cape Serdze, Siberia), June 29, 1881., John Muir

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Written, June 29, 1881 Pub. Aug. 15 FlOlf THE ICY HOETH. Gorwin CoBfrinatiO'H m 'the Wreck the' Tigilant. 8 il List of Belies KecoYeretl by the Esquimos. Yisit to the Villages of the Bead on St. Laurence Island. Tfce GJiastly WoA of am Arctic Famine. TheCorwim Eaflttiag for Anothex Cruise— jProgramaie of the Voyage. [SPECIAL cobkespondence op the BULLETIN.] NEAE CAPE SEBBZE. Rejoined by tlie '.and Party—Confirmation ot the Discovery of Wreck of tlie Vigilant—lAst of Relics Recovered. Steamer CoitwiN/Off the Tchuchj i Village of Tapkan, near Cape Serdze, SiberjaJ', June 29, 1881.) We arrived here about .V'this morning to …


Return To St. Michael's. Preparing For Another Cruise-The Busy Season At St. Michael's-San Francisco Prospectors Heard From-Fauna And Flora-Volcanic Cones. St. Michael's, Alaska, July 8, 1881., John Muir Aug 1881

Return To St. Michael's. Preparing For Another Cruise-The Busy Season At St. Michael's-San Francisco Prospectors Heard From-Fauna And Flora-Volcanic Cones. St. Michael's, Alaska, July 8, 1881., John Muir

John Muir: A Reading Bibliography by Kimes (Muir articles 1866-1986)

Written, July 8, 1881 Pub. Aug. 15 " 1? P CP 0 f KV [V' X RETURN TO ST. MICHAELS. FrepariBK for Another Cruise—The Busy Season at St.;*licbaePs—San Francisco 1'rosuectora Heard From — Fauna and Flora—Volcanic Cones. "Corwin" St. Michael's, Alaska, July 8,1881. TheCorwin arrived here on the |tSjjand.made some noise with her cannon in honor'Of the day in concert with those belonging to the fort; to the steamer St. Paul,ana Jhe Western Fur and Trading Company across' the bay. We have taken on a supply of coal and provisions for nine months in case we should by any accident …


The Aleutian Islands. Geological Notes Of The Group-Glaciers And Volcanoes. Fauna And Flora Of The Group-Agricultural Notes-The Inhabitants. (Special Correspondence Of The Bulletin.) (By The Alaska Commercial Company's Steamer Dora ... The Following Delayed Letter ... Came To Hand:) Ounalaska, May 21, 1881., John Muir Jul 1881

The Aleutian Islands. Geological Notes Of The Group-Glaciers And Volcanoes. Fauna And Flora Of The Group-Agricultural Notes-The Inhabitants. (Special Correspondence Of The Bulletin.) (By The Alaska Commercial Company's Steamer Dora ... The Following Delayed Letter ... Came To Hand:) Ounalaska, May 21, 1881., John Muir

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Written,May 21,1681 Pub. July 25, " THE ALEUTI&IJ ISLANDS. •Gorwia' $elog;xcal Jfotes of tie &rdup--(*laeiers jakd YolcaMoes, raooa an4 Flora of tia Group—Agricultural IT of.es—Tie laftaMtaarts. ESPECIAL COEBESPOKDEMCE OF THS BULLKTIN.J ft y i? •t By the Alaska Commercial Company's steamer Dora which arrived in port last Saturday from Oonalaska, the following delayed letter from the Bulletin's special correspondent in the Arctic came to hand: U, malasxa, May 21,1881. The Aleutian chain of islands is one of the most remarkable and interesting to be found on the globe sweepisg in a regular curve a. thou- santl-irjires long from the end …


At St. Paul. The Fur Seals Of The Pribilof Group-Habits Of The Natives-The Annual Catch Of Fur Seals-Physical Appearance Of The Islands. St. Paul, Alaska, May 23, 1881., John Muir Jul 1881

At St. Paul. The Fur Seals Of The Pribilof Group-Habits Of The Natives-The Annual Catch Of Fur Seals-Physical Appearance Of The Islands. St. Paul, Alaska, May 23, 1881., John Muir

John Muir: A Reading Bibliography by Kimes (Muir articles 1866-1986)

VOLUME MI— IVUMB R 80. -tT-AAj-v\/_ Writtan,May 23, 1881 Pub. July 13 THE ARTIC SEARCH. First News of the Missing WhaHng Barks. Their Deplorable Fate—Sad Story •f Disaster and Death. The Corwia's Cruise—In the Iee Pack Off the Siberian Coast. Loss of a KuMer—An Arctic Gale—Outfitting: a Land Expedition. Intercourse wiili t3ie Natives—Soiae Traits of EsJjoiaJio Character. Slijsical Features of the Siberian Coast. 2 [SPECIAL correspondence op the buixetix.] Through the arrival of the whaling bark Thomas Pope, which reached port from the Arctic yesterday afternoon, we have received the following interesting and newsy letters from John Muir, the-Bulletin's special …


Dodging The Ice. The Corwin Hard Pressed-Crowded By The Drifted Pack On A Lee Shore-An Esquimo Baby-Repairing The Damages To The Ship-The Wreck Of The Schooner-Loleta-Plover Bay. Steamer Corwin, Plover Bay, June 15, 1881., John Muir Jul 1881

Dodging The Ice. The Corwin Hard Pressed-Crowded By The Drifted Pack On A Lee Shore-An Esquimo Baby-Repairing The Damages To The Ship-The Wreck Of The Schooner-Loleta-Plover Bay. Steamer Corwin, Plover Bay, June 15, 1881., John Muir

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Written, June 15, Pub. July 13 1881 BODUiKG THE ICE. y v* x. '? 'Hip CrwiB Hard Pressed—Crowded lj- the Biifted f:icl on a l-ee S&ore—AuJS&quimo Baby — Kepatrina: t&e Damages to t!ie febap—T5:e Wreck of Hie schooner l/i.-leta —Plover Hay. Steamer Written, June 15, 1861 Pub. July 13 ? ;, • ! -ifie / struck the ship and made her tremble in every jointj then another and another in quick succession, while the anchor was being hurriedly raised. The situation we suddenly found ourselves in was quite serious. The ice, had it been like that about the ship of …


Pushing Northwestward. The Corwin Meets With A Disaster-The Rudder Smashed By Ice Floes-Getting Up A Sleigh Party-Landing On Kolintchin Islands, 6 P.M., June 2, 1881., John Muir Jul 1881

Pushing Northwestward. The Corwin Meets With A Disaster-The Rudder Smashed By Ice Floes-Getting Up A Sleigh Party-Landing On Kolintchin Islands, 6 P.M., June 2, 1881., John Muir

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Written, dune Pub. July 13, 2, 1881 f ' f PUSHING NORTHWESTWARD.' Tlie Ccrwia Meets Witu a liastci'—The Rudder Smashed toy Ice Floes—C*ettiQKUl a Sleigh Party—landing on lvoiuueli:;! Isfaud. SSI.) #1 c ' Steamer Corwin (Near the edo-e of the Shore Ice, opposite Kolintchin Island); 6 P.M., June2,1881. This has been an eventful day on board the Corwin.. Since half-past,12.o'clock this morning we were so unfortunate as to break our rudder, and so fortunate as to land a party fully equipped, with interpreter, dog teams, and supplies of every kind, to search the coast to the westward for the crew. …


An Anchor. Weathering A Gale In St. Laurence Bay-Social Intercourse With The Natives-An Esquimo Orator-A Great Reindeer Owner-Native Appetite For Strong Drink-Glacier Markings. Steamer Corwin, St. Laurence Bay, Siberia, June 6, 1881., John Muir Jul 1881

An Anchor. Weathering A Gale In St. Laurence Bay-Social Intercourse With The Natives-An Esquimo Orator-A Great Reindeer Owner-Native Appetite For Strong Drink-Glacier Markings. Steamer Corwin, St. Laurence Bay, Siberia, June 6, 1881., John Muir

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Written, June 6, 1881 Pub. July 13 AN ANCHOR. 9 ? /3 s • .: / r t IVeailierins a Gale in St. Cam-ence Bay- Social lacerconrse Willi the Natives—An Ksquiino Orator—A Great Reindeer Owner - Native Appetite tor Strong Drink—Glacier ftiarifings- —- w- Steamer Corwin, 1 St. La/trekce Bat, Siberia, June 61881. | Yesterday morning at_ half-past XL? o'clock, when we were within |§j miles of Plover Bay, where we hoped to be able to repair our rudder, we found that the ice pack was crowding us closer and closer inshore, and that in our partly disabled condition it …


On The Siberian Coast. The Corwin Enters The Arctic-First News Of The Missing Whalers-A Story Of Death And Disaster-In The Ice Pack-Over The Ice In An Esquimo Sleigh-Reluctance Of Esquimos To Leave Their Homes. Steamer Corwin, Kapkan, Siberia, May 31, 1881., John Muir Jul 1881

On The Siberian Coast. The Corwin Enters The Arctic-First News Of The Missing Whalers-A Story Of Death And Disaster-In The Ice Pack-Over The Ice In An Esquimo Sleigh-Reluctance Of Esquimos To Leave Their Homes. Steamer Corwin, Kapkan, Siberia, May 31, 1881., John Muir

John Muir: A Reading Bibliography by Kimes (Muir articles 1866-1986)

THE SIBERIA!* COAST. Written, May 31, 1881 Pub. July 13 f T- */ 'I'hc Corwitn JSutea-s the Arctic—First Kews -of ihe Uliseiasj WSiaBers—A Story t Ueath ad JWisaster—In EBse Ice Pack—Over the Ace an an Esquisa9 Mleiti—Reluctance ol JKsqimnos to t*eve Their glomes. Steamer Corwin, I Kapkan, Siberia, May 31, 1880.) On the (34EB; of this month, a bleak, snowy day, we enjoyed our first view of the Northern Ocean ice at a distance of only a few hours from the Pribilof Islands in latitude 58°. This is not far from its southern limit, though strong north winds no doubt …


The Corwin's Cruise. At Ounalaska-An Aleutian Storm And Landscape. Snow Barriers And Glacier Footprints On The Aleutian Group. (Special Correspondence Of The Bulletin.) Ounalaska, May 18, 1881., John Muir Jun 1881

The Corwin's Cruise. At Ounalaska-An Aleutian Storm And Landscape. Snow Barriers And Glacier Footprints On The Aleutian Group. (Special Correspondence Of The Bulletin.) Ounalaska, May 18, 1881., John Muir

John Muir: A Reading Bibliography by Kimes (Muir articles 1866-1986)

Written May 18,1881 Pub. June 20 " 7 THE CORWIN'S CRUISE. , At OuaaIasl:a—in Alesjtism Storm and Landscape. Snoiv Barriers and Glacier footprints oa- the Aleutian Group. [SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE EULLETIX.] T- i ;-. . '. J6vsxlaskx,' May 18,1881. The Storm King ot the North is abroad to- (laworking with a fine, hearty enthusiasm, -"foiling a multitude of white combing waves through the rocky, jagged straits between this marvelous chain of islands, circling them abont with beaten foam, and heaping a lavish abundance of snow on their lofty, cloud-wrapped mountains. The deep bass of the galesound- ingon through the …