Transcribe Hornaday, W. T. Letter to Ward, Henry A. (1876-04-19)

On the Delta of the Orinoco Sixty miles from the mouth. Apr 19th 1876 Dear Prof Ward:

  The "Anita", Capt Lecraw, is just going

by our shanty, on her way to N.Y. so in her cabin I hurriedly scratch you a line. We are well, hard at work, and doing very well in hunting. Are getting howling monkeys, capybara, blue & yellow and red & blue macaws, turkeys, ibis, & c. & e. Are now in the very best ground, where we arrived today. Have men, dogs, and boats, and are doing things to very good advantage, and it costs us almost nothing atall just now. We will be very likely to be kept here until the steamer that goes down May 19, for it now seems impossible for us to get our work done here by the 2nd of May as first intended: We are in splendid health. Today Jackson & I paddled a big canoe 18 or 20 miles & felt well over it. No time for a word more, as it is night, and we are far below the shanty now. Will have much to write you