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1 Alhambra May 5th, 1878. Dear Friend. Many thanks for the photograph, and also for the gem of word-? -painting of the
ouzel. We were very sorry to hear of your unpleasant experience of a slow steamboat, but we now think that the railroad will
soon be finished with the cars coming through by the last of May. We learn that the construction trains are now running regularly
every day, both below and above the obstructed tunnel. Our whole time during the past