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The pros [underlined] and cons [underlined] have been passing so rapidly that continuity has been mixed. I wrote the enclosed letter before I got your later concession to my "[?]" theory, and I send you, as if nothing had happened, particularly as it calls your attention to an oversight of yours in mixing [?] two rivers. | The pros [underlined] and cons [underlined] have been passing so rapidly that continuity has been mixed. I wrote the enclosed letter before I got your later concession to my "[?]" theory, and I send you, as if nothing had happened, particularly as it calls your attention to an oversight of yours in mixing [?] two rivers. | ||
My very best appreciation for your willingness to see the topographical requisites for grammatical description. | My very best appreciation for your willingness to see the topographical requisites for grammatical description. | ||
| − | There us no doubt that the [?] runs UP to [?] two miles of the largest mountain (?) in that | + | There us no doubt that the [?] runs UP to [?] two miles of the largest mountain (?) in that region, but whether it would [help?] to name the tidal stream is a question. It would apply equally to Cape Neddic River which actually begins at the foot of the mountain. |
| + | I am still wobbling on the word "river" which you keep in your orthography. | ||
| + | I seriously question whether an Indian would call that kind of a water course a "river." If he saw the current | ||
Revision as of 02:04, 4 October 2017
Dear Mrs. Eckstrom, The pros [underlined] and cons [underlined] have been passing so rapidly that continuity has been mixed. I wrote the enclosed letter before I got your later concession to my "[?]" theory, and I send you, as if nothing had happened, particularly as it calls your attention to an oversight of yours in mixing [?] two rivers. My very best appreciation for your willingness to see the topographical requisites for grammatical description. There us no doubt that the [?] runs UP to [?] two miles of the largest mountain (?) in that region, but whether it would [help?] to name the tidal stream is a question. It would apply equally to Cape Neddic River which actually begins at the foot of the mountain. I am still wobbling on the word "river" which you keep in your orthography. I seriously question whether an Indian would call that kind of a water course a "river." If he saw the current