Transcribe Baird, Spencer Fullerton. Letter to Ward, Henry A. (1880-03-20)
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Dear Professor Ward.
A letter from one of the official of the Deutsche Fischerei Verein informs me that you have obtained 1100 sq. meters of space at Berlin. We have just send off nearly 200 measurement was of exhibits Mr. Goode + his staff leaving today, for Bremen with them. Will you kindly tell me what is the general nature of the exhibition you propose to make, as there are some articles still behind, which, if [explicating?] your own I will not sent. We have sent a considerable number of plastic casts of fishes; but there yet remain some huge representation of belugas, blackfish + leather back turtles which I would not be inclined