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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.