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Jan. 8

Market Day.

Jan. 9

Packed one cow from couch, bases of couches,

& two or three smaller things. Rest of day on

statue.

Carter fixing tackle over shrines to enable him

to deal with the successive roofs.

Letter from Quibell to Lythgoe re Burton

& myself working in Museum in Spring.

Jan. 10

Whole day on statue with Lucas.

Carter found roof of second shrine was put

on with large bronze tongues, which refused to

come out, and therefore, from additional height

they gave, making it much more difficult to

move in the confined space.

Jan. 11^th

Visit from the Astor party.

Working on statue.

Jan. 12

Statue again.

Carter has removed two pieces of cornice of

outer shrine. Difficulty of cleaning is that

the scaffolding necessary for one job makes it

impossible to do the next job.

Jan. 13^th

S. side of cornice of outer Shrine removed..

Finished waxing statue standing, and put it

on its back.

Jan. 14

Press day.

Jan. 15

Market Day. Went to Luxor for inoculations.