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article I ever saw. Made of Poplar & beautifully stained outside, 

 the inside of the doors & fronts of the drawers are left of the natural 

 color of the wood, highly varnished. Mahogany knobs & a neat 

 brass mortice lock complete the article. I am having tight panel 

 doors put on both fronts of the small case, & small trays made to 

 put inside the drawers containing minute birds, such as warblers, &c. 

 In this way I will gain the space of six or seven drawers. Perhaps 

 you wonder where the money comes from. The satisfying your 

 curiosity on this point will necessarily cause the announcement of 

 other facts which may have a long train of consequences. I have 

 been in conference with Mr Emory a good deal lately, and the con- 

 clusions we have come to are as follows. I am to enter on my duties 

 in College next Session with a salary of 400 dollars, and the under- 

 standing that after a while it is to be increased. I am to teach 

 Natural History & some of the Mathematics, employing 18 or 20 

 hours per week. I get a very fine room in the grammar school, which 

 is to be taken possession of and occupied mainly by Prof. Allen & 

 Myself for our Private room, Museum, College Library, & apparatus 

 & Laboratory. Any facilities I may wish are to be extended for the 



purpose of having a fine Nat. Hist. Cabinet. This all will be 



first rate, if I can give satisfaction which I will try to do. Please 

 say nothing of all this to any body unless it is necessary, as I do not 

 wish it known. 



You ask about Woodcock. I have not been out since about the 

 18 ult. on account of the incessant rain. Barnitz from the Yellow 

 Breeches creek, whom I saw last week, told me that he considered 

 them more abundant in his neighborhood than he had seen for some 

 time. I suspect there will be a good many this summer. I hope 

 you will come up & pay a good long visit. I have much to show & 

 say. I expect a box of birds from Jo LeConte 12 shortly. Nothing 

 new however therein. 



John LeConte has been with us a week. He is delighted with 

 Carlisle, & talks seriously of coming here to live, which idea I en- 

 courage, as he has a very fine Library & collection of Minerals as 



12 Joseph Le Conte, eminent geologist and teacher, born in Liberty 

 Co., Georgia, Feb. 26, 1823; died in California July 6, 1901. Long 

 a beloved professor in the University of California and a highly 

 esteemed author of works on geology and ethics. 



