protected the same as if I were here.

	If it is not thought best to employ Mr. Kay on full pay, as I presume you do not think it would be, I think we could make arrangements which would be satisfactory to both parties. Mr. Kay has taken a homestead which commands a view of the approaching roads for a long distance, so that when any one comes to the quarry (as they will) he could be on the ground in a few moments, and, while courteously acting as a guide he could act as a guard also.

	People would not only carry away bones which would be valuable to us, but tools, and any other usable property would silently vanish away. They might not be stolen but they would be borrowed on the plan that the silence of the