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present lofty position. He is to be director of the museum pure and simple, and excavating is going to be taken out of his hands. The new antiquities law is to go into effect soon, and everything will be under the "Director of Antiquities", a Mr. Hilton, who has been imported for the job. He is, I understand, more interested in mediaeval than ancient remains, but it is with him, in all events, that we will have our future dealings.
I wonder if I may have tracings of the trench plans which are not in my note-book (also of George's), so as to have them for my report. Some are about ready. Also a set of prints of our … continues
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