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and tfl## cable I doubt if there will 
br ajiy&Mng to surpass 
our bottom simpler for some time to corns* 
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ith regard to our orange-peel buc&et, 1 cannot 
report aagr such measure of suooess* Several times 1 have 
att empt eel to bring ttf lottos in one-hundred flit 5 jobs * hut 
have dmm a blanh each time* 2Ms my he due to one of 
eveml 08 .il© os* Either* 1 because of the strong* undercurrent , 
of iMoh m haw had ample evidence* tilting the apparatus 
®ver on one side to such an ©stent; that the release was tripped 
and the Imolcet closed idthout gripping the bottom; or as mMio 
claimed, the bottom v®b too roohy, that is* smooth, hard roclr 
botto* sim wMefc we eould pi eh up not Mag. 2Ms 1 am inclined 
to 
ip 
J* 
he former explanation is the one 1 offer as a 
reason ser our non-success. Of course the ejaestion arises in 
tf$m: Mud concerning the «Mag out of the oontenfes*'' hut that 
1 have veiy serious touhts about . In the first place. I ha 
a new Of-.nms ©ever built after the pattern of the old one* and 
in the second place the bush*;t ; x»s a ita&d&y clean* sith. one 
exception of a single reo& € x 8 x 4 iasfees * But to set this 
Met demist entirely at rest* if you have ®m, I sha 
another sever constructed ©xt end well down 
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the 
blades of the buohet and fastened firmly thereto througii an,!.;* 
holes which X propose to drill through the upper part of each 
blade to- permit the attachment of suitable lashings* At the 
