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I am just bacjt from a trip to Alaska, having been away from 
Washington more than four months. I had a fine trip, during which I 
secured a great amount of valuable information relating to conditions 
and our work in that Territory. I have not yet had opportunity to co 
over your letters. J ° 
You must be having a fine time visiting so much new country and 
coming in contact with so many new and interesting forms of bird life. 
In connection with the possibility of your transferring to the 
Anterican Museum I would say that of course it is taken for granted 
that you would complete your work in Argentina. It would be a mis¬ 
fortune to have you stop the work at present, and if you should leave 
the work half done of course it would be difficult to justify it in 
the eyes of the Secretary, who granted the opportunity. 
Sincerely yours. 
Ohief of Bureau. 
