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& George sent it down & I unpacked it last night. The cradle, pile driver, & dug out implements are very good specimens. The ivory objects are made from fossil ivory, & with one or two exceptions have been rasped over to take all the coloring of age from them. Also the ends of many of them have recently been sawn off. Hidalgo - I have written L. & put up an awful scream, not alone in regard to their condition but also regarding their price, which is simply out of the question. Double Hidalgo - The best thing in the lot is the dug out tool. It is the first I have ever seen. Very old & with a human