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In Camp near Apatzingan, State of Michoacan, Mex
November 29, 1904.
My dear Mr. Hyde:-
I have been looking for a letter from you ever since we left Albuquerque, not for the amount that you said you would send, to be sure, as we will not need that until we start homeward. I have been rather anxious to hear about the progress that you have made with the Section H. work. Hope that with Savilles help you have had no trouble.
I have not had time to write you in full about the outcome of my talk with Mr. Huckel. I had a long chat with him and he is greatly impressed with the blanket book. They have a number of propositions on [[strikethrough]] fo [[/strikethrough]] that need ready money and he does not know just how the book could be handled but he is to canvas the situation thoroughly and will meet us in Albuquerque on the home when we can have another talk. The prospectus with the three chapters finished gave him a good idea of what the book would be. I also estimated the number of pages, the number of photo plates both full and half page and the number of line drawings and small cuts. Mr. Huckel said that he would have estimates for each part of the work and, should the Harvey people not be able to handle the proposition alone he thougdt [[thought]] that some arrangement could be made which would be agreeable to all. I can explain the entire work so much better when I reach New York so I will not endeavor to do so at this time. [[strikethrough]] a [[/strikethrough]] I am pretty tired to-night [[tonight]] and am anything but comfortable as my clothes have been wet almost to the waist the greater part of the day.