I certainly was flabbergasted when Lieut. Oates sent me that 
third snake! I hope it didn't create any excitement on board when it 
turned up. 
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One really gets quite homesick for the Houston, and your visit 
to the Hew York Exposition can't come too soon to suit me. I shall cer- 
tainly be up there to pay you a visit. 
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best to you and yours. 
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Sincerely, 
Waldo L. Schmitt, Curator, 
WLS jLMc Division of ferine Invertebrates. 
