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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
BUREAU OF BIOLOGICAL SURVEY 
WASHINGTON, D. C. 
April 4. 1912. 
Mr. Alex 7/etmore 
Box 626 
Sein Juan, Porto Bico. 
Dear V/etmore: 
I was very much interested in your letter of 
March 24, which arrived yesterday. The field supplies 
and catalogue leaves which you requested were mailed at 
once . 
I am glad that you have had an opportuni by of 
making a good reconnaissance of Viques Island and learned 
so much about the fauna. I wish that you would look into 
the subject of the mongoose eating sugar cane and learn 
as much as possible in regard to it. It hardly seems 
probable that this animal could do any considerable dsunage 
to the adult cane which contains the sugar. 
I am glad that you secured a pair of breeding 
killdeer from the Island. I hope that before this reaches 
you that the ammunition, auxiliary, and other supplies 
will be there. 
Very tr’’^v vmir« 
T 
In Charge of E 
