Transcribe Gilbert, Karl, Letter to Ward, Henry A. (1864-06-20)

[page 2] the Hoosic. The lessons of body cleanliness and neatness which he inculcated seemed excellent, but his discourse was a continually mixing and confounding of subject matter & metaphor.

       Leippi's time last week amounted to

10 days 11/3 hours. The hours of our meals prevent our making much over time. I will send a summary of cash account when I learn the balance of the last one. "Timpe" for breakfast. G. Karl Gilbert Change to pencil The floor ^of the room^ is very uneven so that the base of the Pedestal, being scribed down, looks by no means well. The closeness of the heads makes the pedestal appear very broad and magnifies the animal. The smallness of the room enhances the effect; and the distance of hind feet (which by guess I got a little more spread than at Rochester.) contrib-