Answer:
Muir views nature as a place of freedom, exploration, and adventure.
He describes his first botanizing excursion as a moment of "glorious freedom" in which he can explore its beauty. His use of words reflect that feeling even when he´s talking about the hardships of the experience:
Explanation:
The description of the difficulty when fording streams and wading swamps reflects a sense of adventure more than one of despair.
Then, there´s a bad situation, which is indicated by words such as "bewildering" and "discouraging," but then he describes the Calypso found on a stream, usually a nice location, and phrases such as "bed of yellow mosses," "small white bulb," and "soft nest" all represent a nice situation.
