6/14 I propose that we get the rest of the pages translated. We may find them most valuable." Mr.Waddington was rather inclined to favor the idea. "He is a great antiquarian and Egyptologist, and if any one can translate them, I should think he would be able to. Lend me the sheets of manuscript just as they are, and I will take them down to him to-morrow. It may tell us, perhaps, how to deal with the plant so that we can get more of the beans. |