FEBR. r, 1991. 



DEAR DOCTOR, 



I MAILED TO YOU A FEW DAYS AGO, A PAhTIAL EXPLANATION OF MY 

 LONG SIlENCE, IN THE »APE OP MY ANNUAL REPORT. IT IS PUT PAIR TO SAY 

 THAT THAT REPRESENTS BUT A SMALL PART OP ALL THE IMPEDIMENTA I HAVE HAD 

 OK MY HANDS WITHIN THE LAST TWO MONTHS. THE LEGISLATURE IS IN SESSION , 

 AND OUR h'IGHT-H AND BUSINESS MAN IS SICK, AND ON TOP OF ALL, THERE IS A 

 CERTAIN MODICUM OF THE CENSUS WORK THAT MUST BE CURRENTLY DONE. SO I 

 HAVE BEEN KEPT PRETTY WELL IN HARNESS, BUT I AM HAPPY TO SAY THAT THE 

 STRESS HAS BEEN BORNE MUCH BETTER THAN I HAD HOPED. I HAVE REPEATEDLY 

 OF LATE GONE UP TO THE MOUNTAINS WITHOUT ANY PAT I QUE R OM A THREE HOURS 

 STEADY WALK , WHICH IS MORE THAN I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO FOR SOME THE 

 PAST. IT SF.FMS, AFTER ALL, THAT LAST SUMMERS TRAVEL HAS DONE ME GOOD AS * 

 WELL AS YOU; AND UPON PROOF THEREOF I HAVE ACCEPTED VILLARD'S PUOPOSI- 

 SITION TO OA LITTLE MORE OF THE SAME SORT NEXT SUMMEh.-I WISH YOU 

 WOULD DO THE SAME! 



ROSA HAS WRITTEN ME ABOUT THE SOMEWHAT PEKOCIOUS WINTER YOU HAVE BEEN 

 HAVING BEYOND THE MOUNTJNS. HEh'E WE HAVE BEEN HAVING A SPRING TEMPERA- 

 TURE EVER SINCE THE FIRST FREEZES, AND THE HONEYSUCKLES AND R'CHSIAS 

 HAVE BEEN BLOOMING UNREMITTINGLY. THAT IFF HAVE «AD WATER ENOUGH AND 

 TO SPARE, YOU ARE DOUBTLESS ATAi'E. BUT IT HAS N°T HURT ME, I HAVE PAS- 

 SED THE WINTER WITHOUT ONE COLD WORTH MENTIONING. IT IS TRUE THAT, AS 

 YOU SUGGEST , THE TELEPHONE HAS KEPT ME F OM TAKING MANY A DAMP AND DAN- 

 GEROUS WALK TO THE UNIVERSITY. IT IS INDEED A GREAT COMFORT! - I STILL 

 HAVE MORE OR LESS np MY OLD FIGHT ABOUT TIMES AND SEASONS WITH MY ABDOM- 

 INAL OKGANS, BUT THEY HAVE BECOME MORE MANAUEADLE AND LESS PAINFUL, AND 

 I FIND THAT AN OCCASIONAL UUININE PILL HELPS TO STRAIGHTEN THEM OUT. I 

 AGAIN RAT FRUIT AND VEGETABLES IN MODE! ATI ON , WITHOUT BAD EFFECTS I 

 MUST CONGRATULATE MYSELF THE MORE UPON THIS STATE OP THINGS, AS* SEVERE 

 RHEUMATIC ATTACKS DAVE BEEN VERY COMMON AND SERIOUS. MY EYES HAVE PARTI- 

 CIPATED MORE OR LESS IN THE GENERAL WELL-BEING, DESPITE THE HEAVY WORK 

 PUT UPON THEM. MY WIFE, ALSO, HAS ON THE WHOLE KEPT UNUSUALLY WELLJONLY 

 ALICE CAUGHT A COLD IN THE RAIN ~ NONE OF US HAVE CAUGHT THE SMALL POX! 



