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An Afterglow


FLAGSTAFF

Chronicle of really important events in the life of the Observatory.

May 7 Your peas have hasted to be above ground in order to welcome you to the extent of 99 in row 1, 32 in row 2.
May 7 Populus tremuloides just breaking into leaf in holly canon The two kinds of dandelion, the solitary and the social, about to flower. (I think this is what I irreverently called "Spurge" the other day.)

Ripley asked me to inspect the new line from Prescott west to Parker with him this week. He appreciated my stories. But I returned a pleased negative.

The Agassizs are due here Wednesday night to stop till Saturday morning when we hie east together.

LINCOLN, NEB.

Warm sun-flooded afternoon in which I have, been wandering amid the fossil bones of the past with Prof. Barbour and Prof. Sweeney, the astronomer here.

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