A. AUGUSTUS HKAIyY, FR^D^RIC A. L/UCAS, 



PRESIDENT, BOARD OF TRUSTEES. 



THE MUSEUM, 



BROOKLYN INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES. 

 EASTERN PARKWAY. 



Brooklyn, N. Y ,»arch 6 th, 190 8 



Mr. "'alter Deane, 



29 Brewster Street, 



Cambridge Station, 



Boston, ''ass. 



Replying to your recent card A asking for information regarding 

 Professor J". M. Macoun* s ""Reference to T r i 1 1 i um und u 1 a t urn* , I would say 

 that the reference which I made to the matter in PLATO WORLD for April, 

 1903, was not quite as clearly specified as it should have "been, although 

 at the time it did not occur to me that my use of the word "note" would 

 imply publication. 



To put the matter entirely straight in your mind I enclose 

 Professor Macoun* s letter on which I based ray statement in PLASTf WORLD. 

 (Please return Professor Macoun' s letter at your convenience). 



Yours very cordially, 



Curator of natural Science 



