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Personally, I a:a not in anyv/ay overanxious 

 to see the ^ja^jer j_>rinted and your refusal to again con- 

 sider the matter will not be for ne a matter of resent- 

 ment, 3ut I thin., that the publication of this contri- 

 bution, which is the oniy essay on the timbers of Central 

 America, vould accomijlish a useful object, and this is 

 the sole reason v/hy I nov/ ask you to see whether the 

 first decision not to i^rint the paper camiot be recon- 

 sidered . 



Notwithstanding ilecord's book, v/hich is far 

 from complete, v/e are sorely lacking generally'' in the 

 way of literature on neotropical woods, and our v/ork 

 is not inferior to that existing .)n the timbers .'f the 

 vJuayanas and of 3ra3il. 



w'ith this mail I send you a new copy, partly 

 rewritten, of the raanuscript, I shall be thankful if 

 you will kindly go through it and, in case ycu should 

 find it convenient, suumit it again tc the ooard of 

 publication of the Contributions. 



Yours very sincerely 



