Transcribe Howell, Edwin Eugene. Letter to Ward, Henry A (1883-05-02)

<.u Howell > May '83 Ward's Natural Science Establishment, Minerals, Rocks, Fossils, Casts of Fossils, Geological Relief Maps, Models and Diagrams, and Archaological Specimens, WARD & HOWELL

  Skins and Skeletons of Animals.  Invertebrates (Crustaceans,  
 Shells, Corals, etc.) Glass Models of ditto, Anatomical Models,
 Human Skeletons, Shells and Skeletons of Races, etc. 

H. A. WARD, A. M. No. 2 College Avenue (opposite University), </s Rochester, N.Y. >Heidelberg May 22,, 1883 Dear Prof,

    I thought I should be in Strasburg

tonight but here I am - came up the Rhine yesterday and put in here about 11.45 in the evening - got up early this morning and visited the castle and called on Mr Blotz to look over his stock and perhaps get a few things, but I found so many things we wanted, and at such low prices, that I kept picking out until dark ( stopping only a moment to drink some tea and eat a slice of bread) I got a great many little fossils by the bue-ful and a nice lot of Cerstites (50 in number) for 35 pfennigs each !! I selected in all for 500 marks worth which I am to send him after I get back to Rochester. It is nearly all for fossils. I should have selected some more minerals if it had remained light an hour longer. Now let me tell you something about what I did at Bern. - I worked hard there early and late for five days. I settled our old account with Sturtz by trading out the whole of our last bill ($154,) in cave bear skulls at 1/2 his old prices. the result is we now have </u 11 cave bear skulls & your