I- 
ALL CORRESPONDENCE 
SHOULD BE ADDRESSED 
TO THE SECRETARY 
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. 
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UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 
INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES 
BUREAU Or AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 
NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK 
ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY 
INTERNATIONAL CATALOOUE OF 
SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE 
To the Friends 
of the Smithsonian Institution. 
November 14 , 1911- 
I take pleasure in introducing to you the bearer 
of this letter, Lieutenant-Colonel Edgar A. Mearns, U.S.A., 
Retired, an Associate in Zoology in the U. S. National Mu¬ 
seum, who is a member of the Childs Frick Abyssinian Expedi¬ 
tion which intends to make collections of natural history 
specimens from that region. A part of the collections made 
by this expedition will be presented to the National Museum. 
Any assistance which you may find it possible to 
give Colonel Mearns in the prosecution of his work, and any 
courtesies extended to him, will be highly appreciated by 
this Institution. 
Secretary. 
