Transcribe Hornaday, W. T. Letter to the Ward, Henry A. (1878-10-27)

ybg </u No 28. > Sadong River N, Borneo. Oct 27th 1878.

Jan 10 '79

Dear Prof. Ward:

    I beg to enclose herewith

my list of Specimens for Sept & Oct and also Expense Accounts for the same month. Bal. in treasury about $40. As usual there was no letter from you by last mail. and it ^will^ be a month now before I have a chance to hear from the P. O. again. Tomorrow we make a grand move for the River Batang Lupur where we will hunt up a good field, build a hut and hang out for a month. My collection I must have leave here in the police station, well housed, and looked after constantly (for backshish) and there is nothing to fear unless the house catches fire, which is not likely to oc- cur as it is a very valuable house.

    I have just met a Collecting Nat-

uralist & Cave Explorer here, who wants to collect for you. A. H. Everett, Esq. Sarawak, Borneo. He offers to collect very cheaply, and to deliver collections in San Francisco, freight & Ins. paid. I will send you a copy of his list of prices, & he claims that his specimens are always A1. He has sent a good deal to London. I think you had better give him an order for all the Birds in the Cambridge Order which are found in Borneo. He says he can - the