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The one th in g th a t I think w ill be almost hopeless to get done within a month or so i s the cordage - a t le a s t th a t p ortion which has knots in i t . I have been going over i t o ff and on, not g ettin g very f a r . I have tr ie d to in te r e s t some students in doing i t but they only do a few and then give up. I think th e re are w ell over a thousand and 4 || perhaps only a quarter may be done. But again I w ill h a v e to lay everything out to see what the s ta tu s of th a t m aterial i s . Fortunately early th i s y ear I goigsome ta b le s so th a t things can be layed out and also some decent lig h tin g got put into the sto re room so th a t work can be done th e re . Working conditions seem more favorable now than in . tim es I have been p u ttin g o ff people fo r doing th in g s lik e id e n tify in g o b jects and answering questions of one so rt Or another, saying I am to be away u n til some time in June and phone back. However, there always seems to be a c r is is and I have despaired a t tim es of ever g e ttin g research done. I think I passed on th is l a t t e r thought to Tuohy a t one p o in t. In te re s tin g ly I have two new a s s is ta n ts the l a s t two months and have been g e ttin g museum ro u tin e backlog caught up, but i t has l e f t me w ith even 'l i t t l e fre e time because of having to follow. andvheljpV'in|their. work and be in te rru p te d with th e ir cp eS tio n s,|p lu s planning|the work schedule fo r doing th is and th a t. A^ou might imagine thgr d o n 't have the experience I would have lik e d , but when th e "bodies" are av ailab le I don' t f e e l I should decline in order to g et work done. | : Hopefully in the next several days I can go over the s tu ff and then l e t you know what the s itu a tio n seems to be. (In c id e n ta lly , I ju s t got th e income tax h assle o ff ray back, which also was taking up tim e) very' best reg ards. \.: t v ' S i ; S incerely , if I if • $ Charles Rozaire