Transcribe Stafford, Cyril. Letter to Ward, Henry A. (1881-05-28)

Gipps Land Lakes May 28th 81 Prof. H. A. Ward Dear Sir On Thursday evening, accompanied by my informant, we raised the [female] skeleton. It lay in the Sand Hummocks about 5 miles from where I live. I took every possible precaution to leave no bones, sifting

the surrounding sand for that

purpose most carefully for at least

4 hours. The skull appears to be 

perfect wanting only 2 teeth in the upper jaw which might have been lost or [changed?] during life. I do not pretend to be anything of an Anatomist but to the best of my belief you will also find the main Bones complete