Page:George K Cherrie, 2 letters from Caicara, Venezuela 12 Feb 1898 and 6 Nov 1898, and 1 letter from Cuidad Bolivar, Venezuela 31 May 1898.pdf/2

 barrel down the river in a "bugo" to Ciudad Bolivar to Dalton & Co to be forwarded to you at the earliest opportunity. The shipment contains about (950) nine hundred and fifty bird skins and (20) twenty mammal skins. In the lot you will find a good many duplicates of the species found in the first lot, but also a goodly number of species not represented in that shipment. And I feel sure of several new species.

I remained at Altagracia longer than I had intended, first because I had the fever for two weeks and later because I could not get a boat. However I feel that the time was not wasted and the ground was gone over more thoroughly than if I had remained for a shorter time. The number of is not greatly increased—but they will come in due time. I am after the birds and I will get them.

For the payment that you make on the present shipment I will ask you to