TITUTI 
STATES 
November 11, 1907 
Ward's Natural Science Establishment, 
Rochester, Hew York* 
Gentlemen: - 
Referring to our previous correspondence re- 
lative to the skull of a fossil cetacean, which Dr. True 
I shed to secure , I have now to state as follows : - 
It will apparently "be impossible for the Museum 
to purchase the skull before the close of the fiscal year, 
and even then I can promise nothing certain. 
I want to 
suggest, therefore, that you allow us to obtain the skull 
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by exchange for other materials through Mr. E. 1. Howell, 
of this city, and that you look to him for an equivalent . 
We have no fault to find with the price , and I only re- 
gret that I have to resort to such a subterfuge to obtain 
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Please drop me a line and I will then lay the 
before the Assistant Secretary for approval. 
Yours very t ruly , 
2f fzhijuvuii 
Head Curator of Geology. 
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