Siguatepeque, 
Honduras. 
Sept.30,1932. 
My dear Mr.Ames: 
I received Air Mail letters from the States to-day hut 
there was nothing from you. I wonder if you have received the shipment 
of specimens I made on Aug.15th? You should have received it long 
ago. 
I am also very much worried about the Sept.check. If 
it does not arrive by October First I shall be in a very embarrising 
position as my funds will not last mush after that date. Had I known 
at the time when I received the July check that you were not going to 
send the Sept.check until the first of Oct. I could very well have 
held out from the amount I sent to my bank in the States enough to last 
me another month. 
The Assistant I hired when I first started out left me 
the fifteenth of this month because I could not pay him 150.00 Pesos 
or $75.00 per month. In a way I could not blame him. Living expences 
are very high ih this part of the country. At times we pay double for 
our meals what we did in the Minas de Oro country. Mule hire is very 
high and to be able to get up in the mountains one has to travel on 
mule. At Lake Yojoa we were able to get a boat to take us to any part 
of the shore line we anted to work and the cost was $2.00 (Hollars) 
per day while here for mules we rausy pay $3.00. I have another man 
now as assds ant who is starting out very well. He is a native but 
is able to usethe English language very well. I think that he will 
make a good man in time. At least by the time that ## the hard rains 
have finished so that we can get ott every day as we did at the Lake 
in August. 
Best regards 
