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nail which caused the damage was one of those used in fastening the padding. The hole would scarcely be noticed except by one who was making an examination of the case; it can easily be remedied by one of our cabinet makers, and I should advise that no point be made of it.

The two cases which Biele states are 6 feet long correspond in interior dimensions with those described in Mr. Freer's letter, in the following entry: "Three cases 5' 9" long by 21" wide for exhibiting Persian manuscripts, Japanese paintings and Chinese bronze." These cases, together with the three 6-foot ebonized bases or tables, are evidently correct, and there is one more of the cases to be furnished.

Unless Mr. Freer made some change in dimensions, then, a mistake has occurred in regard to the 8-foot case sent by the Biele Company. Mr. Freer's description is as follows: "One case 8' long by 21" wide for exhibiting Chinese albums." This is supposed to mean interior measurement like the other. Now, the case sent by the Biele Company measures only 7' 9 1/4" long inside, the width being all right, namely, 21". The