Hotel frye. 
Seattle , ' noli. , 
June 19, 1914. 
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I have your statement of McMillan's 
time, and I am only too glad to to jble to tell you that I can, 
arM will, pay the whole amount • As this is the enl of the fiscal 
year, he my have to wait a couple of weeks in July for hie ehee 
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iankin and I have boon detached from the ship, to look after 
oysters In Puget Sound , while Johnston goes with the ship to 
e i, .P: .■ c ■ Commies loner la - .in. a oannery-i peotion 
tour • 
•She hullbut-invefjtigation and the consequent taking of tot* 
tom-saraplos will be resumed after July twenty -fifth, ton cer- 
tainly aroused say interest In ;>ottom«ssaplee ; X shall toko good 
care that you. get a good series of thorn.# And when £ return t-j 
t/ashington , I shall arrange itli the Ureau that particular atten- 
tion be paid to that phase of the ship’s operations 
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I wish yon the best 1 i ml of inch, and hope that the Boners 
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Alta don't get yen.; blit fuels San has a long arm. 
don't fail to have a >oocl cathartic with you, one! don’t cat 
eat anything uncorked. I’liat is the great banger in China, par- 
ticularly with respect to vegetables , lettuce, radishes, onions, 
etc. , and salads • The Chinese use human faeces for f> rt.ll.lser, 
and are Infected to a very great extent with some "nasty” parasite 
I expect to arrive in ashing ton soiaetizw in nee ember. P.nyfce 
