Transcribe Hornaday, W. T. Letter to Ward, H. A. (1876-04-01)

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40 miles below Barrancas. This place is noted for animals, and manatee are said to be found in a River near it. Our plan is to get in with all the Indians we possibly can, and have them hunt the manatee also. Salt is cannot imported so we could not bring any from Port of Spain. And here we were obliged to pay $8.00 for two sacks of $1.50 lbs each, rock salt at that. This gov- ernment is just worth its salt and not a reale over. Poor as Lazarus. Depend upon

it that we shall save</U. any skins of manatee

we may be fortunate to get. We are taking 25 lbs of powdered alum, and 300 of slo salt. Barrels, boxes, and so on.

       We have been living on $1.25 each per day

counting all expenses for rooms and food. Have eaten just eight meals at the Hotel table.

       We send all our specimens collected here

to Mr Gallie at Port of Spain to hold for us until we return to that place. The Geological Specimens are all in one <u>big box, and I have a small box of stones for Messrs Ward & Howell. When we get to Trinidad we will then ship everything home, and there will be quite a lot of it. In fact there is already. Everything we have collected here has been prepared with the greatest care and success, and are strictly first class.

       I am happy to say that our health con-

tinues excellent, and we feel in good trim