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Dr. G. Brown Goode, 2.

the assistance of Mr. Hoyt and Mr. Turnbull, my work is in much better shape than at the beginning of the month, and I hope that I shall have the services of these gentlemen continued.

Mr. Shindler is still working on the series of type portraits; and since it has been decided that these portraits will be exhibited in Chicago, he has taken special interest in having them fixed up in the most attractive manner.

I am more and more crowded for space. In addition to the specimens exhibited on the floor, and the Chicago material stored away ready for shipment, great numbers of specimens are coming in from day to day and crowding my storage and study space more and more. It is extremely unfortunate that such perishable material as comes to my Department should be put in storage with stone implements, though with objects that do not deteriorate, this makes no material difference. But in case of the basketry and feather work and textiles and leather, it seems almost impossible to keep them from insects and rust, without eternal vigilance.