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Oct 22, 1892.......2.

activity. The experiences of the night (the most perfect in every beautiful sight and sound I can recall) seemed to each of our party, a personal gift, created for his inspiration. We broke camp early and descended the southwesterly slope of Panther, ascended the next adjoining mountain (Giant Ledge) walked its entire length (on top) and made our second descent for the day along the water course running from Giant Ledge into the Esopus. This water [[strikethrough]] co [[/strikethrough]] course starts from a very small spring and although always alive, it is very trifling. Its chief charm consists in the fact that it is the first stream to flow into the Esopus. Above its meeting with this stream, the Esopus, (East Branch) is fed entirely by springs in one clove of the Neversink Mountain. Tomorrow or next day, I intend to return to this point in the valley and follow up the Esopus to each of the springs on the East side of the Neversink. Those on the west side I visited last year.

We spend nearly all of our hours outdoors, and like the springs of these mountains we have a feverish desire to keep in constant motion. The springs minister to our refreshment, the air invigorates us, the scenery stimulates us, and in many other ways Nature sustains and leads us on, but finally she quietly guides us to other fields --- those of sleep. Visions of peaceful dreams are now mingling with the lines I am writing: So let me wish yourself and yours, for all time to come, peace, beauty, and a harmony of all the elements of life like unto my experience of the last ten days.

Yours faithfully

Charles L. Freer

Long hand. 

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