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Talmage
Mendocino County California
Feb 14th 1904
Miss Grace Nicholson Pasadena Cal

Dear Friend your [[welcome?]] letter of [[?]] came to hand yesterday. I send you a paper containing the report of the trial and the particulars of the affairs. the one I sent to you first is the largest fish traps made here. In Lake County they make them about three times as large. I suppose you have got the one I sent you last month. the small one the one that had the head [[pad?]]. the [[pad?]] was a present and 50 C for traps. I will make you the sticks. now there is three kinds of gambling sticks one is [[dowagr?]]. grass gams gambling for and the other [[wichle?]]. about 40 little sticks 1 1/2 ins long about. or 2 1/2 ins long. both for men and the other is for women is called [[kidai?]] 6 of them lie this [[drawing]] and 12 counts. the bous [[drawing]] one with string tied around it and the other without. four of them is pear. now Grace if you tell me which you want