15, Edith Villas. S.W.
Dec 30/ 72.
My dear Sir,
The cheque arrived safely - £11. 16. 6. with thanks.
I have been unwell or would have acknowledged it before. The other side of “tablet” has been photographed, and I shall forward you a copy. 1 It was impossible to fix any little piece of the mutilated fragments on the board to photograph, so that you may wonder at the absence of some connecting links.
Mr Smith 2 was here a night or two since. He expects to start for Nineveh in a fortnight. You have doubtless heard that the “Daily Telegraph” has offered the necessary funds for [ill. del.] excavations to be commenced.3 Mr Edwin Arnold4 will accompany him.
The Cyprus things were photographed, but in a great hurry under disadvantages.
I remain Yours very truly
S. Thompson
H. Fox Talbot Esq.
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