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But really only consented to [[strikethrough]] I [[/strikethrough]] undertake so much responsibility to oblige him. I can readily conceive that Hyde and possibly Pope and others should have worked him up to feel a little jealous of my having ^[[insertion]] sole [[/insertion]] charge of so important a part of the whole canon as actually building the line from the Straits to the Peak mountains. Yet for the first week this was talked of as the plan - I certainly could have [[underlined]] done it [[/underlined]]! and would have given Buckley all the credit - so he would let me [[strikethrough]] manage [[/strikethrough]] make a big thing on Nat Hist. As it is I fear there will be a painful loss