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 Suplemento al anexo núm. 11, pág. 28 



De paso últimamente por Buenos Aires el señor profesor 

 B. A. Gould, Director del Observatorio Astronómico en 

 Córdova, he mostrado á él los pliegos ya imprimidos del 

 .Boletin, para se impusiera de su contenido, y viendo el 

 anexo no. 11, me ha dicho, que los datos sobre la contrata- 

 ción del señor D. C. SellacTc no son exactos, y me ha escrito 

 la carta^sig diente, para corregir estas noticias, avisándome 

 que su informe, imprimido en el Boletín Oficial de la 

 Nación, Año IV. pt. 1. no. 8S3. pág. 302, dá los pormeno- 

 res de este asunto. 



Buenos Aires, Abril 22 de 1874. 



D¡\ Burmeister. 



My dear Sir: 



At your request y take the liberty of adding a few words of 

 correction to the accouut given by you of the relations, whieh 

 Dr. Sellad- held toward me. 



It is a mistake that this person vas sent to me by any society 

 whatever. My eudeovors to obtain a liberal subscription for this 

 purpose having failed of fall success. Y requested my fricud, Mr. 

 Rotherford in New York, to engage a photographer as my prívate 

 assistant, and to cause him to be inatructed in the astronomical 

 applications of his art. 



The photographer engaged was the person alludedto, who has 

 been knowa iu this country under de ñame of Sellad: His 

 expenses of every kind, transportación, materials, apparatns, 

 salary and subsistance were depayed by me and by me alone ; and 

 the theory of his having been sent by an American Society to the 

 work, for whieh I paid him, and which he did not perfora), was 

 bis own invention and withont foundation in truth. 



Very respectfully 



Your friend and servant 



B, A. Gould. 



