Transcribe Allen, J. A. Letter to Ward, Henry A. (1880-12-08)

Mus. Comp. Zoology Cambridge, Dec. 8 1880. Dear Prof. Ward,

    I have just written

to Mr. Brown of the Zool. Garden of Philadelphia to ship to you the carcass of a Gemera sheep which has recently died there. Please prepare it as a disarticulated skeleton.

    Can you give me the probable

height of case necessary to take a full-grown Giraffe, say of about medium size. We are now building cases for the African room, & this information becomes important. An early reply to this point will greatly