Transcribe Bowrey, James John. Letter to Ward, Henry A. (1883-09-19)

Jamaica Institute Kingston Jamaica 19 Sept 1883 Professor HA Ward Your letter of the 29th August reached me in due course but the catalogs you state were forwarded by the same mail here not have not reached me, until they come to hand I cannot make any definite recommendation to the government of the of the institute respect- ing purchase of collections. A seal stated to grow to a length of 20 feet is to my certain knowledge to be found on Seal Cay the extreme western islet