Madras 14th May 1879. A. J. N. Theobald Esque Palgleant Dear Sir

   Referring to our letter

of the 30th Netimo we beg to ad= =vise having carefully repacked in 3 cases according to instruc=

tions given by you the speci

=mens of Natural History received in 5 Packages from Palphat

  We are making arrangement

for shipping the cases per S.S. "Ava" to New York in accordance with Professor Wards direction.

  The steamer sails in this

month and we insure the cases for the Rs: 1000/u as desired by him.

  As requested by you we

annex a means of the repacking