Transcribe Hornaday, W. T. Letter to Ward, Henry A. (1877-06-11)

saying the Maley skeleton cost £50 makes me feverish to try my hand at them. From studying the ground I am sure it will be vastly easier to get at them here than in Ceylon. Well, we will see. In the meantime I will stop here, and busy myself with Black Monkeys, Porcupines, Ribfaced Deer, Jackal, &c &c. I *must* keep to the hills for a time, and will try to make good use of it. Am now sending out native hunters all over the hills, and they are sure to keep me supplied with work when they get fairly started.

Don't talk of Singapore yet. I have my hands full to work out of this part of India without making a total failure of it. But I will do it if I can get elephants in the Annamallies. But I know I will not be able to reach Singapore "with several $100", bad luck to me.

Well, we will see. Another letter from Theobald may cause me to throw up the sponge & go to Ceylon right off.

I will leave a correspondence for you here.-- Mr. G. A. R. Dawson, Naturalist & Taxidermist, who says he can send you anything. But I'll tell you all about him in my next.