Transcribe Memoranda of an agreement between Henry A. Ward and W. T. Hornaday (October 1876)

of taking a half interest in the trip & collections.) or in the interest of other parties it shall be with the full and free consent of Prof Ward.

  Prof Ward will offer no objection to Mr Hornaday in case the latter should see fit to publish an account of his travels and observations on his return.
  Should Mr H. be incapacitated by sickness or accident, the time thus lost shall be either made up or deducted, but his expenses shall be continued as if well, and on the same basis, he -(Mr H.) bearing all extraordinary expenses involved by such sickness or accident.
  Should serious or permanent sickness or accident imperatively require Mr Hornaday's abandonment of the expedition and return to America, he shall himself bear 1/2 of the expenses of said return provided that the same shall occur within one year of his arrival at Ceylon, or 1/4 of said expenses in the event that the same shall occur during the second year after his arrival at Ceylon, and if after the second year as above stated, Mr H. shall bear such expenses as will be incurred over and above the ordinary travelling expenses by reason of such sickness.
  It is agreed that the time Mr H. shall spend in collecting shall in no case exceed two years (i.e. from the date of his reaching Ceylon until the day of his definite departure for home). Prof Ward agrees to keep Mr H. so supplied with funds that the  movements of the latter will never be delayed or embarrassed by a deficiency.