Transcribe Lucas, Fred A. Letter to Ward, Henry A. (1882-03-08)

is to have $1.50per. day and I think he merits it. William will very likely desire an increase of wages and I think he should have it. William's specialty is medium sized mammals. These he does very well, not so good as Hornaday perhaps, but infinitely faster. Wm stuffed </u two > Deer heads in 64 hours and two others in 61 hours, against Hornadays 41 hours for a single one. Taking wages into acct. William's heads averaged $6.03 each while Hornaday's </u one > cost $12.20 Gueret is working very well and steadily, while it strikes me that Bailly does not make very rapid headway. He complained the other day that Miguet could not do as he wished him to do, which made it seem as if he (Bailly) was not doing much work; but it strikes me that it is not altogether Miguet who is slow in his work. In Large Mammals Hornaday is certainly the </u best > man you have, but I fear that figures will prove him to be slow. Webster is as good as ever and has just done a fine piece of work in the shape of a Senegal Jabiru for M. C. Z. of which he made skin and skeleton, even removing the covering of the beak. There will be about six days work on it when done. Will send lists of skins in a day or two. Think you might offer to