John Muir quote about wind from The Mountains of California - Winds are advertisements of all they touch, however much or little we may be able to read them; telling their wanderings even by their scents alone.
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Winds are advertisements of all they touch, however much or little we may be able to read them; telling their wanderings even by their scents alone.
 John Muir, The Mountains of California (1894). copy citation

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Author John Muir
Source The Mountains of California
Topic wind smell scent
Date 1894
Language English
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Context

“For this wind came first from the sea, rubbing against its fresh, briny waves, then distilled through the redwoods, threading rich ferny gulches, and spreading itself in broad undulating currents over many a flower-enameled ridge of the coast mountains, then across the golden plains, up the purple foot-hills, and into these piny woods with the varied incense gathered by the way.
Winds are advertisements of all they touch, however much or little we may be able to read them; telling their wanderings even by their scents alone. Mariners detect the flowery perfume of land-winds far at sea, and sea-winds carry the fragrance of dulse and tangle far inland, where it is quickly recognized, though mingled with the scents of a thousand land-flowers.” source

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