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which he placed most value. Met Bowdler after My Ford's departure found himself with a
or rather an
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imperfectly numbered
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collection of plants and when he sought among Ford's official papers for the key which would have given him the nomenclature corresponding to the numbered labels and this enabled him to identify the plants, and if necessary make out for himself, he found to his mortification and dismay,
that Mr Ford had taken away the key with him, leaving behind. After this Mr Bowdler could not do more than exercise general care over all plants and perform Mr Ford's duties for him for four months without remuneration, personal inconvenience, and at some cost.
In order to enable the Superintendent to take his vacation leave full salary, it would only have been considerate in me to have treated Mr Bowdler somewhat more liberally. Mr. Bowdler however having produced a numbered list of species promised by Mr Ford, and both Mr Bowdler and Mr Cerneau having emphatically affirmed the impossibility of the charges alleged by Mr Ford, I felt unable to admit the charge, and I should still hope that such charge was founded on some misapprehension.
20. In respect of the incident mentioned
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