Transcribe Hornaday, W. T. Letter to Ward, Henry A. (1882-05-17)

ybg U. S. National Museum. Washington, D. C. May 17th 1882.

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My dear Prof. Ward:

    Welcome back, sound in wind and

limb, in mind and body I hope. I am most hap- pily disappointed. I hope you have enjoyed the whole trip - and that the next time you will go to India ! You however, that before long you will stray down this way & let me ask you 1001 questions about your travels and my East Indian friends. (By-the-bye, Jackson (C.E.) has just been placed on a salary of $1500 per year at Antigua, with a prospect of $500 more in fees. His letter of an- nouncement crossed with mine ! )

    Wife & baby arrived safely Sunday, but the

mother was very weak and poorly. She is now resting & recuperating nicely. She is most grateful to you for the timely aid you rendered in the loan of $50. at the last moment, and I also thank you </u very > much. It shall be returned at the earliest possible moment. I thought I had given her enough, but you know how my calculations are always short ! I was ever thus, in Florida, S. A. the East Indies & Rochester. Good Lord, will be </u ever > thus, I want to know ?

    I think I can sell one of our tiger skins in

the raw, for $35. or $40. Will you please have the </u two > flat tiger skins & the </u best > ^& largest ^ leopard skin forwarded by Express, to me at 327 Missouri Ave. </u not > the Museum. Will not $40. be a good price for the largest tiger skin ? How much for