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are gaining rapidly now. Thank heaven you are thin, incisions are slow in healing where there is fatty tissue I've been told. I do hope Washington isn't doing its worst in the way of winter weather - maintaining a glare of ice, dangerous to walk on.
I am careful and conserve my strength. That Caparaó trip shows how strong I am. And I parted company with my slow companion which was the best way to conserve my strength. ¶ I am glad you are to be recommended for the
Bot. Congress. What will you be a delegate of? I wrote you (wonder if the letter reached you) that Mr. [[underlined]] Coville [[/underlined]] had chosen himself delegate to represent Agriculture (or maybe Pl. Ind. I forget, but it was something [[underlined]] much [[/underlined]] bigger than his office) and Maxon said he was going to [[strikethrough]] repres [[/strikethrough]] be delegate from Smithsonian.  And then it is claimed the ^[[insertion]] Internat [[/insertion]] Congresses are