figuateueque, 
Honduras. 
April 18,1933. 
My dear Mr.Ames: 
Your letter of April 11th.and the check for $500.00 
received this afternoon. I am going to Tegucigalpa in the morning 
and will return Thursday and continue on with the work. 
You say that you wrote me a letter a few days before 
the one dated April 11th. I have not received that one as yet. So 
do not 4 Just what proposition you made ts me. I have gone over the 
letter received to-day and am willing to go ahead for this year as 
we did last. That is on a salery-expense basis in accordanc^/ith your 
letter of Jan. 30,1933. The additional $550.00-0ver that of last- 
year will he needed for expense- as I explained in a pervious letter. 
Since receiving your letter,to-day, and noting what 
you have to say in regard to collecting nearer the Guatemalan border 
I have decided to go to the Dept.of Yoro via Minas de Oro(San Louis) 
that really is the better t~ail to follow and then I am sure that I 
shall be able to pick up some good specimens in the neighborhood of 
the latter place. The enitre trip will be made on mule so that I 
shall have all the time I want to explore all the country between 
the two places. Just as soon as I get back from Tegucigalpa and fin¬ 
ish here-In about five days-I shall start to San Louis. 
I am sure that the $500.00 will be suffleiant to 
carry me over until time for the next draft. My assistant is willing 
that I should carry his salary over until the end of June. He has 
been paid up to date. 
When I make the next shipment^will include some 
specimens ### of insects,bird skins and reptiles for hr.Barbour,as 
