Transcribe Hornaday, W. T. Letter to the Ward, Henry A. (1878-12-22)

8 ft. in height at the shoulders. @ $15. each. I will also take the responsibility of that if necessary. Everett gets bigger prices for Bornean Rhinocerous in London than we can give. He got 3 pounds for a skull of a </u half-grown > specimen & 8 pounds for an adult skull. The </u locality > gives the value. I have ordered all the mias skulls he can get (adult) at prices noted. $1. and $2. for a number. Now if you want anything of E. do not fail to order definitely and at once. for he is now in the field. & during there ^next^ 18 months he will no doubt be able to fill any order you can give him. He will deliver specimens </u in N. Y. > freight paid, at prices noted, if you make it worth his while to send anything. Now where will we ever strike another such a man! You have said "</u Do not get me any more > (corres= pondents), but I have again raked up a man, and this time one who does not require </u any > pay in advance. If you delay about writing him he will `lose faith in us! I believe you can make him develop into a regular Bonanza </s if > for years to come if you are amind. I see visions of Cassawary eggs by the thous- and. Babimissa skins & skels in plenty & invertebrates until you can't rest. By my advise Everett has written you about birds. &e. He is an Englishman. 29 yrs old single, and has given up a </u fine > Gov't position </s to > for the sake of Natural History. He will presently write some good scientific works. Try him </s wt > with an order for $150. worth and if he turns out a losing investment I will make good the loss! Next is </u Dr. E. P. Haughton >. Sarawak Borneo in charge of the Gov't hospital. who is able & willing to furnish you with perfect adult skulls & skeletons of Dyaks & Chinamen at 2. pounds each for skulls & 5. pounds each for skels. Malay skulls & skels at double the price as being twice as difficult and dangerous to obtain. I </u think > that if you offered the same price for Malays as noted above for the other two races he would accept it. I told him you would hardly be able to invest in Malays at 4. pounds and 10. pounds though you might in the other two. He & his assistants would procure the specimens from unclaimed hospital patients. though at a good deal of risk for all that . All night work & high-priced of course. If you write to him & say so the Dr. will go to work at once for you & keep on until you get enough. Of course he could not get a number right off. He & Everett would send their col- lections together to save expense & commission. The Dr. is a