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. Tour letter of August 30 has reached nxs safely and 
I am delighted indeed at your friaidly expression and at the 
thought that I shall soon be seeing you in person. Plans for ny 
trip are going forward and I am becoming increasingly desireus 
of getting away. It has loig been my desire to visit Costa Rica; 
in fact I had ti:K>ught at one time that such a trip might be my 
first visit to the American Tzopics. Now all this is to come to 
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I am deeply honored that the Ifonorable Don Luis 
Demetrio Tinoco has delegated you to receive me anri i whnii 
forward with keen antiolpatiwi to our meeting. 
As I wz'ote you I wish to see the Ruseum of which you 
are the able Director, and also to discuss with you the question 
of the palewitological woxk. that we jiasntioned when you were here 
in, Kashington last spring. .Then beyond this I hope to go into 
the northern part of Quanacaste to make some collections of birds 
for this Museum. Thanks to earlier work we have aiany specimens from 
Costa Rica but none, from this area. 
The time for ny departure is fast approaching and I 
am anxious now to got away. Iiith ly kindest regards and best wishes, 
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A. ^etmore. 
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