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Dear Mr. Megaw,
I hope you will excuse that I return with so much delay to your letter of Julye 23rd the receipt of which I acknowledged just before my departure to the South. My doctor insisted on an immediate rest and, indeed, I felt soon that he was right. During three weeks I could only just repose, swim, eat & sleep. And my trunk with books & papers remained closed all the time. – Now I have finished another three weeks of rest in the Alps, where after the exceptionally warm season at Pardigon - St. Tropez, the fresh climate of the mountains was delightful & stimulating. I returned here a few days ago & prepare now the new work. Let me first tell you that I had to change the order of my excavations this year. Instead in Enkomi, I must begin with Ras Shamra where the presence of two epigraphistss is necessary during the
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