two or three months. I am glad that a breatt has at last come to her. She 
deserves something in the way of decent treatment at the hands of tills instiiiu- 
tion. I suppose she still gets $2800 wiiile eill other assistant curators get 
$5200 or more. 
Mr. Bryant wrote a feeler to Walter Fisher. No reply yet, I guess. 
We have had a great deal of rain. It rained nearly all day Thanks- 
giving . 
Mr. Shoemaker must have had a change of heart this year. He is lots 
nicer than he was last winter when you were gone and quite willingly tries 
to take care of everything he can instead of dropping it all on my desk with- 
out looking at it. It makes things easier and pleasanter. 
Remember me to Fred, I got his card a few days ago. 
Wfe are all anxious to hear from you. 
Sincerely, 
Miss Cochran says that Barry will take good care of the tortoises 
while she is gone. She suggested that I go in every day and say a kind word 
to them. 
Monday, Dec. 5. 
Copies of the statistical tables from the British Museum have just 
come, with a letter of transmittal from Miss Finnegan. I shfill actcnowledge 
them to her. 
The mysias from Tattersall finally came. Many of them are in tiny 
little vials, about 1/4 inch in diameter, packed in sawdust. Many of the vials 
are broken and have become filled up with the sawdust. Mr. Shoemeucer is 
filling the air with curses about the state of affairs. 
