Jan.
30, 1989
Dear
Bill:
Well
your tape presented a real problem to me. I am not electronically inclined,
don’t have a tape recorder, or even a tape player in my car. The last of a
vanishing race. I priced a tape recorder in the stores but didn’t want to
pay that much to listen to one tape.
Anyway,
I took it with me when I visited my son in November on my way to Saudi Arabia
and the Far East. I felt kind of stupid when he told me to play it on his car
radio.
Your
tape made me very sad because you especially need your eyesight so much.
Yesterday
I again referred to the copy of Willoughby for which I have you to thank and I
determined I would write no later than today.
I
finished the manuscript on quail and have a proof. But the duck manuscript
will take forever. I enclose a little revision on the origin of the name
Muscovy which reflects my current thinking.
Perhaps
you can get someone to read it to you.
Well
I won’t strain your eyes any further. If you feel inclined send me another
tape, I won’t be so tardy listening to it because now I know the ropes and
realize they play perfectly well on a can radio and I can easily find one of
them.
All
the best.