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our research inside the town and in the quarters in contact with the enceinte are thus made easier. I also have some indications where one will have to look for the part of the town dating from XVe - XIVe c. with the palace (and its archives?) that I have been looking for for some time! Forrer, helped by my son, is in the process of finishing the precise survey of everything that has been cleared in the town, while I direct the last operations at the enceinte. My wife arrived here after an excellent journey some ten days ago and has brought the tablets back to Damascus. We will take the plane again on Friday while the rest of the mission with the heavy baggage and the instruments (a new Sanguet tacheometer that is giving us excellent service) follows by sea. We will be on site at Ras Shamra on the 19 inst. Address: Latakia poste restante. I will pass through Damascus (the 17th + 18th) where I must faut intervene again in order to protect the archaeological land of Minet el Beida. The Syrian military seem to disregard all technical objections and to be determined to create a naval base at M. el B.! Their surveyors are currently surveying the site there.
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