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�more or less reasonable the parent dialect of the penobscot. The only hopeless[?] relick[?] I have[?] is Mohegon[?]. Now + then it comes to mind but I get no lead. We are having a very honest midwinter here, much snow[?] and unusually steady cold. I've[?] no quarrel with it. The day our stiffest storm[?] let down I got out along the river[?] with nothing[?] [illegible]. As[?] a guess the last time I shall do it. I've weathered my 77 birthday lately, + on the whole feel I have discharged my responsibilities for holding together. Am a little sorry for you younger ones. very sincerely WB Cabot