Transcribe Farman, Mrs. E. E. Letter to Ward, Henry A. (1879-12-08)

Prof Ward;

I have received a letter from Dr. Hitchcock of Ambers Coll. acknowledging the receipt of the zoological specimens, you sent him in Mr. Farmans' name. He expresses much gratification and says there are no finer specimens in their collection, and the horns are better mounted than anything they have of the kind. I have been obliged to remove the heads I have from my warm rooms, as the odor is