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GENERAL BUSINESS DEPARTMENT, 
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PROF. SERENO V'/aTGON, 
HERBARIUf,?. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, 
CAf.i BRIDGE, WAGS. 
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VVE BEG TO ACKNOV/LEDGE THE RECEIPT OF YOU R FAVOR OF THE 19 IH 
INGT. , AND NOTE Y/HAT YOU SAY ABOUT MUSCALE BUTTONS. Wl TH REFERENCE TO 
this DRJG, we beg to state that since WRITING YOU WE HAVE RECEIVED SOME 
iNFOW,!ATION F ROf.5 AN I LLI TERATE M EXI CAN WHO CLAIMS TO KNOW THE DRUG AND 
WHO SAYS THAT THESE BUTTONS ARE CALLED IN MEXICO PELLOTE, WrI CH IS PRO- 
NOUNCED IN ENGLISH PA-OTE; THAT THE PLANT WHICH IS A CACTUS GTOWS IN 
great abundance THROUGHOUT OLD MEXICO. 
THIS I NFO«,! ATION M AY POSSIBLY LEAD YOU INTO TrE RIGHT CHANNELS. 
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