Siguatepeque, 
Honduras,C. A. 
April First 1933. 
My dear Mr.Ames: 
Your letter of March 18th.received to-day. 
I had very little luck with the Orchids in the Comayagua Valley and 
decided that it was best that I return to Siguatepeque. Arrived 
here larch 25th. and have done very well here in the week. I hope 
that you have received my letter of March Fourth hy this time. You 
will see hy that letter that I have decided to change territory 
after May. I really think that I shall he able to find some more 
very interesting material here and at lake Yojoa during this month 
and May. I also explained in that lettr that it will he impossible 
for me to finance myself until July as my personal funds have been 
keeping the work going for the last %MM three months and now comes 
more trouble for me. You remember that I wrote you that I had 
opened a checking account with the banks in Tegucigalpa. On March 
18th. the Honduran president declared a Bank Holiday to last for 
one week. Jell the holiday had been continued twice now and no 
one seems to know when it will be called off. I had to borrov/ 
some money from friends to-day in order to be able to carry on. 
You say in your letter of Mar.18th. that if your 
finances are in good shape it might be well to send me a check in 
May. If you will refer to my letter ## in which I made you a prop¬ 
osition for a new contract for 1933-34, you will find that I specif¬ 
ied that the checks be sent me as follows; $900.00 every three 
months. First payment to be sent April First. Is you did not say 
anything about this in your letter of Feb.22/>d. I supposed that you 
agreed to my proposial. I hope th t you can see your way clear to 
make the payments now. If you cna not I shall be compelled to sell 
some of the stocks I bought in 1931 and at their present prices it 
would mean a large loss to me to have to do that. 
