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likely to be of use agriculturally on the subject of fly-attacks 

 on farm-stock. Whilst I am preparing the papers themselves 

 perhaps a good heading such as I may presently submit for 

 approval will suggest itself. I should much like to have the 

 primary heading " Agricultural Education Committee," for 

 with a footnote that the papers were prepared at the desire 

 of the Agricultural Education Committee to give informa- 

 tion this would throw a shield over me, in writing on Cattle 

 and Stock attacks. The ones selected do not infringe on 

 what might be called " Veterinary " things that involve dis- 

 cussion unbecoming in a lady writer, and those I propose 

 to write on are what I have long had application about. 

 There need be no difficulty about publishing if I do it in 

 my usual way. 



August 2, 1900. 



After your visit, so pleasant as well as profitable to myself 

 yesterday, I sat down as soon as I could to see what I could 

 write about " Wasps," and I enclose the results. It is mostly 

 an abstract of records of much personal observation of my 

 own. If you like I would gladly lend electros of the figures. 1 

 If you care to accept the enclosed for any use to our Agri- 

 cultural Education Committee that you may think it may 

 be suited, I should be really pleased, only begging that it 

 may not on any account whatever appear as part of the 

 " Water-baby" series that really I do not think I could 

 bear. 



August 8, 1900. 



I thank you very heartily for your courteous reception 

 of my letter about resignation. It is very good of you to 

 write so kindly on the subject. I enclose you a copy of the 

 letter which I have sent to the Secretary, which I have 

 endeavoured to express with the friendliness which I feel. 

 But, much as I regret leaving, I find that, independently of 

 the considerations which I told to you, when I come to the 

 real working my health does not allow it. If I am over- 

 pressed it brings on (without being unduly explicit) troubles 

 both of health and sight, and I am very thankful that, 

 beyond your exceedingly kind expressions, you do not 

 press my remaining too hardly on me. 



November 26, 1900. 

 Many thanks to you for Mr. Bathurst's paper on 



1 The paper on " Wasps " was lent by Mr. Medd to Mr. Chas. 

 Roimdell who incorporated it in his unique little volume, the Rural 

 Reader, Horace Marshall & Co. (ED.). 



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