Transcribe Harvey, M. Letter to Ward, Henry A. (1886-05-19)

of course he will remove all the fat and flesh - If he succeeds in this you will have a valua- ble addition to your museum. It is very rare to see a narwhal com- plere in a museum - I also told him to get if possible an Arctic fox and hare and any other natural curiosi- ties. By the way the price of a narwahl will be high - the ivory in the horn alone is worth forty dollars. I expect if it should prove to be a good specimen you would not get ^it^ for less than $125 I knew one sold to a Museum for $160 - the same captain will look out for a square skipper seal - that is the same as the great Greenland seal - then you would only need