. Alaska ... Natural history; Scientific expeditions. 46 JOHN BURROUGHS. RESURRECTED FOREST, NEAR MUIR GLACIER. water; the black vegetable mould and decayed moss had a fresh undisturbed look. Evidently no force had plowed or rubbed over the surface of this ground. While at the Muir we had some cloud and fog but no storms, and we had one ideal day. That was Sunday the nth of June, a day all sun and sky—not a cloud or film to dim the vast blue vault—and warm,even hot, on shore; a day memorable to all of us for its wonderful beauty, and es- pecially so to two of us who spent it on the top of Mt.
. Alaska ... Natural history; Scientific expeditions. 46 JOHN BURROUGHS. RESURRECTED FOREST, NEAR MUIR GLACIER. water; the black vegetable mould and decayed moss had a fresh undisturbed look. Evidently no force had plowed or rubbed over the surface of this ground. While at the Muir we had some cloud and fog but no storms, and we had one ideal day. That was Sunday the nth of June, a day all sun and sky—not a cloud or film to dim the vast blue vault—and warm,even hot, on shore; a day memorable to all of us for its wonderful beauty, and es- pecially so to two of us who spent it on the top of Mt. Wright nearly 3,000 feet above the glacier. It was indeed a day with the gods, strange gods, the gods of the foreworld, but they had great power over us. The scene we looked upon was for the most part one of desolation —snow, ice, jagged peaks, naked granite, gray moraines—-but the bright sun and sky over all, the genial warmth and the novelty of the situation, were ample to invest it with a fascinating interest. There was fatigue in crossing the miles of moraine; there was difficulty in making our way along the sharp crests of high gravel banks; there was peril in climbing the steep boulder-strewn side of the mountain, but there was exhilaration in every step and there was glory and inspiration at the top. Under a sum- mer sun with birds singing and flowers blooming, we looked into the face of winter and set our feet upon the edge of his skirts. But the largeness of the view, the ele-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Harriman Alaska Expedition (1899); Harriman, Edward Henry, 1848-1909; Merriam, C. Hart (Clinton Hart), 1855-1942; Washington Academy of Sciences (Washington, D. C. ). New York, Doubleday, Page & Company
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