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August 11* 
Arrived in Washington at 7s 25 p.m. Happily, Dr, Cook was on the 
platform waiting to take the palm seedlings and seeds off my hands. 
Due to the unusual nature of the express shipment, the lateness of 
the hour, and the variety of things I had with me, which included a hawk 
and several live snakes, it was some hours before I was able to see the frozai 
fish definitely on their way to the Terminal Storage Company’s freezer, and 
nearer midnight than otherwise before I was able to verify their safe arrival 
there, 
August 12. 
Reported for duty at the Museum at 9*00 a.m. 
