SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 
WASHINGTON, D. C. 
June //C , 1907. 
Dear Doctor Mearns: 
I have had good success in studying, photograph¬ 
ing, and illustrating the pretty boio case you sent, 
from the island of Basilan. It would add very much to 
the picturesqueness of this specimen if we could place 
a holo in it, to show how it works. There may he among 
the objects you have sent one that would be just the 
thing, and I shall be greatly obliged to you for a lit¬ 
tle advice in the matter. 
With kindest regards, I am, 
Very truly yours, 
Head Curator of Anthropology. 
Major Edgar A. Mearns, U. S. A., 
Manila, Philippine Islands. 
