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and give you his birds instead of selling them - or at least I think he would let you take what you wanted
and sell the rest for him. He has but recently learned to make skins but making very fair ones - He is well equipped for bird collecting and is keen, quick &
[[underline]] ambitious [[/underline]] - He has promised to collect  ^[[insertion]] birds eggs [[strikethrough]] insects [[/strikethrough]] beetles [[/insertion]] mammals & reptiles for S.I. (free gratis) I've told him that he might readily immortalize himself - The two snakes I send he had in a bottle & gave me - I believe the Cerastes looking chap is new if so to name it after Holland
would tickle him very much and would illustrate the truth of my statement that a little work would soon immortalize
him. - Pray write to him at once and send him an alcohol tank (Rum of 60 percent less than $2 per gallon here) Egg drills & blow pipe, labels, etc pamphlets of instructions
and some S.I. Reports (Directed to care of Carrington theyll [[strikethrough]] go [[/strikethrough]] ^[[insertion]] come [[/insertion]] free) I think it
would pay to send Holland the proof sheets of your new book and also if possible the 9th Vol B.R.R.R.

Holland is pretty well educated and I think moderately well off - an American - about 35 years old - has been in China.