Huber, Lawrence N., 1963-1966
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Huber 1964 Journal Mar. 28 Even with this many ruddies here we go charging off somewhere out of the central Pacific (which I am told is our study area) to a [illegible] bunch of little islands that probably don't have over 400 on any one of them. The 12 arwads make this Marshalls and Gilberts look like [illegible] barren Is. Bird-wise. But as usual the project wants quantity not quality (I guess that's why I am still on the project I can put up a lot of fair skins easy). I am really screwing myself on this project. There is always a big rush on getting skins done fast. So I comply and put them up fast. This faster I put them up the worse my skins get The slower the better but the account is inspired so I put up usable skins but by no means good. If I ever try to get a job on some expedition they will [illegible] upon my skins. If I say that I can put up the skins up better than I did then they probably won't hire me because they [illegible] will think that I don't have personal [illegible] pride about my skinning (which one should have for his work) Dane cerrard. I've done 600 skins so far on this project and not very many are worth using as an example on my skills. The big rush is still on and there are more skins to be done badly.