Transcribe Hornaday, W. T. Letter to the Ward, Henry A. (1878-09-28)

Tudor Co. as his present orders are to re- ceive no freight under any considerations. If you write the Tudor Co it might be easily arranged. I hope you have written Dr. Bidie instructions about the books. It would have been much better if they had been forwarded to Sykes & Co. Calcutta. Thobald is now at his old post on the Annimallays again. Says he can wait until it suits your convenience about paying for the elephant & leopard skin. The el. skin is in 5 pieces - the </s livid > head cut off and the body quartered.

    I enclose a letter which may do for

publication. Shall have to stay in Borneo until some money arrives either to me, or to M. D. & Co. The present outlook is blue enough, and </u economy > must be the word.

    Oh yes ! I am just sending a letter to the

</u N. Y. Tribune >, saying "that if they will give me their </u Weekly > for 5 years and a Webster's Unabridged Dictionary for ten dollars - as they offered in July - to send a reply to that effect to you. That you would then forward the $10. and upon its receipt they could forward the Dictionary and Weekly Tribune to you for me." Their offer holds good only until Sept 1st but I hope they will make it good to me even now. If they accept, please do the needful, for I want the Dictionary very much. Tell them to forward the </u Tribune > in my name, and please to