A Thousand-Mile Walk To The Gulf

by John Muir

John Muir About 1870

A THOUSAND-MILE WALK
TO THE GULF

BY

John Muir

EDITED BY

WILLIAM FREDERIC BADÈ

With Illustrations

BOSTON AND NEW YORK

HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY

The Riverside Press Cambridge

1916

Contents
 

Introduction		ix
I.	Kentucky Forests and Caves	1
II.	Crossing the Cumberland Mountains	17
III.	Through the River Country of Georgia	47
IV.	Camping among the Tombs	66
V.	Through Florida Swamps and Forests	83
VI.	Cedar Key	123
VII.	A Sojourn in Cuba	143
VIII.	By a Crooked Route to California	169
IX.	Twenty Hill Hollow	192
	Index	213

Illustrations
 

John Muir about 1870 From a photograph by Bradley & Rulofson, San Francisco, Cal.	Frontispiece
Map showing Route of Walk to the gulf	1
Kentucky Oaks From a photograph by Theodort Eitel	2
Entrance to Mammoth Cave From a photograph. By courtesy of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad	12
The Clinch River, Tennessee From a photograph. By courtesy of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad	30
A Southern Pine From a photograph by Herbert W. Gleason	54
Spanish Moss (Tillandsia) From a photograph by Herbert W. Gleason	58
In Bonaventure Cemetry, Savannah From a photograph by Herbert W. Gleason	68
By the St. John's River in Eastern Florida From a photograph by Herbert W. Gleason	90
A Florida Palmetto Hummock, or “Hammock” From a photograph by Herbert K. Job	116
Lime Key, Florida From Mr. Muir’s sketch in the original journal	134
Morro Castle and Entrance to Havana Harbor From a photograph	148
Twenty Hill Hollow, Merced County, California From a sketch by Mr. Muir	194
The colored half-tone of a Florida sunset which appears on the cover is from a water-color by Miss Amelia M. Watson.