Transcribe Lucas, F. A. Letter to Ward, Henry A. (1882-01-13)

but now that it proves to be adult and good shall be not say $350.? From Gerrard we have just taken a few birds for Cambridge. G also sends quite a list of Quadrumana & striking birds, evidently in reply to a letter of your's. What are these for? Please keep the inclosed lists as they will be useful hereafter in making out price. We are running short on Cambridge work and after H. has mounted Gorilla he is going to take time for his book. Am giving Baily and DeKempencer a Mt. Goat apiece to mount as it seems to me that these would be good things to have in stock. Will have B. mt. the Sioux Indian a Blackfoot from Kanouse and an Australian The Maori is in pretty good shape and looks most too many bones to set up if it can possibly be sold dis articulate. Sugar Mary is in word shape and Wallaby Jim is largely a minus quantity. Daylight June is the one to be mounted and I hope the others may be sold as they are. We have eight mounted Homos now on hand besides three sent to San Francisco, which gives us a good supply for some time. Gueret is mounting up small skeletons , especially of such species as are likely to be needed, and Mirgnet is helping Bailly and working generally to answer one or his questions I will say that </u Paradisea ragging >