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time so she had to leave just a day or so before Miss Catlin came back. I have seen her once (Miss Shiffleth I mean) since she left and she said she had a very nice place with the insurance company which is run by the Masons. She said she would be very glad to come back here if she could get the place permanently. We have no one now and I thought I would try to get along until you came back. It seems a waste of time to break in a new temporary girl. With Bennett's help I think we can make out very well until then. Maloney too can write what reports, etc. we need.

Mr. Ravenel let us have three men for a week in the stack - could not let us have one man for a longer time as he did before. Maloney worked with them and they got through with the sponges and part of the hydroids. Mr. Ravenel was in a short time ago and I showed him what they had done and he was surprised it was so little. He did not realize before what a big job it was - I think he will have more respect for