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from the liigh laud. The cost of constructing a poud 50 by GO feet with 

 a depth of 4 feet at high water w^ould be about $125, having the 

 pumps on the scow to keep it dry while digging, and having' on hand 

 a flume that could be used there with filters as I proposed for the others. 



I would recommend that the second story of cottage and kitchen be 

 ceiled and the underpinning- of cottage be made solid, for in its present 

 condition the cottage is far from comfortable for winter quarters. The 

 furniture in the cottage is very jjoor, and a great deal of it useless, 

 either broken or worn out ; there should be some disposition made of the 

 numbers of old tools, wheelbfwrows, and other articles that are good 

 for nothing and have been rej^orted as such in the regular j)roperty re- 

 ports. 



On the ICth November I received from Captain Smith of the Look- 

 out three Coast Survey saJinometers complete, but the only one that 

 could be used here being broken a few days after, my observations 

 were interrupted until December 24, when I received from Dr. J. H. 

 Kidder another complete set with corrections ; I then sent him the set 

 that I had here, and continued keeping the record twice a day at dif- 

 ferent points, as instructed. 



I found the labor plentiful, particularly in spring and sunmier. I used 

 colored laborers in constructing the ponds and boring the well, and 

 found them very satisfactory, and should recommend that they be em- 

 ployed here when unskilled labor is needed. In December 1 had the peas 

 plowed in, and planted rye with the intention of sowing lawn grass in 

 the spring. 



