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January 12, 1949. 
Mr. Karl Curtis, 
Box 524, 
Gamboa, Canal Zone. 
Dear Karl: 
Yours of January 7 came safely to me, and I have been very ^ 
sorry to learn that you have been ill. I hope that you may make ( 
speedy recovery. 
The Stirlings are in Panama now, and probably have seen you 
by this time since I have a letter from Matt stating that they were 
going to get out to Gamboa as soon as possible. They are lining up some 
work that I am sure will be interesting. 
I appreciate very much the kind consent of you and your com¬ 
panions in allowing me to stay at the La Jagua Hunting Club, When I 
wrote you I was under the impression that most of the hunting was over 
by the first of February. It occurs to me that it may be better for 
Perrygo and me to plan on going out there sometime around the middle 
of March, when we would not inconvenience any of the club members, and 
would not interfere in any way with the duck hunting. Our interest would 
be principally in the small birds , and with what water birds and other 
large birds other than ducks would be present. We would expect to cover 
a considerable &|f%a within a radius of twelve to twenty miles. I have 
assurance that a jeep will be available for me. 
This matter of time I just offer for consideration. I am going 
over into western Panama and can do this either at the be L inning of the 
trip or later. 
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Perrygo and X have our own stock of ammunition now on its way 
to Panama where it will be held by Zetek with the rest of our field outfit 
until we arrive. The .shipment was supposed to have left New York today 
bya United Fruit Line freighter. For most of our work we use loads of 
No. 12 and 10 shot, whitth is very fine, and loaded especially for us. We 
have enough of a stock jof heavier charges to suit our needs. 
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