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Correspondence from William Brooks Cabot to Fannie Hardy Eckstorm ca. 1930-1946, part 2

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�on a string of such meanings to a friend, fro awhile, then broke + told him it would not do. [?], with us North, means side by side, with impulse; is directed now, mostly to coming to the shore, or shore built on person many come to the shore, hills [?], you may slide down a [?] to the shore, the wind may be "on the land". Mostly maka [?] as mattop, you come to the shore and remain, stay, take seat, + good people [?] translate "sitting-down place". They never head of a country seat. At a fishing club later I came on a man of real account who [?] I tried to do names spoke about it without without that wondering look as at a collector of button holdes. [?] asked if it wasn't a good thing to go + see the places. Getting at Aubiry, I might try your names he vocabulary, but it daunts me, the idea. Without speaking use of th elanguage it is lame business. With another lifetime hardly I would do it. I hope you are going on well. I haven't lais [?] to your important last [?] of notes yet but coming to them after a stack will be some advantage. Not much use, when the old Indians we get at don't hatch out more. Very truthfully yours Wm B Cabot