Transcribe Manigault, G. E. Letter to Ward, Henry A. (1876-03-06)

nwh Charleston, S. C. March 6th 1876 Dear Professor

       I have returned from my

plantation this evening and find your two last letters awaiting me. The second keg will doubtless have reached you ere this and the collector informs me that its contents consist of 4 amphuimas, 5 large sirens and 100 others medium sized and small. The third collector has notified me that he has failed entirely to find any. so that you will be obliged to remain satisfied with the two shipments this year. It is singular that the amphuimas are so scarce, but I was prepared for that fact, as Holbrook's states it in his herpetology. I have a number of friends interested in this search, and feel satisfied that I have adopted the only available way of