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 Caney del sitio, palma Soriano, Oriente, Cuba, 

November 28th., 1922.

No. 1:-

Mr. M.R. Harrington,
Museum of the American Indian,
Heye Foundation,
New York City.

My dear Mr. Harrington:-

Herewith I beg to hand you the second sheet of the translation of your book "Cuba before Columbus", the original of the translation is in possession of Dr. Mestre about two months now.

Of course the appearance of the second sheet is not as nice as the original, because of the several erasures and as well as on account of the wearing out of the carbon paper in a few sheets. At any rate you may say that it is as nearly as possible a copy of the original one. The orinal [[original]] as well is supplied with copies of the plates and figures which of course do not appear in the second sheet.

I am busy yet with the INDEX, which has proved to be a very big job, indeed and I do not think this will be finished before a few months more. My work here is not so heavy, but lately I have been entrusted with some more work and this is the reason that I could not advance very much with this Index.

My intention was to go to Havana during the month of December, but the expenses are that high, that I have decided to drop this visit entirely and to go instead to Santiago de Cuba by the middle of December in order to take a well earned rest of about ten days. It is now 8 months ago since I have left Caney del Sitio on a paséo, especially on account of the translation and I feel now that it is absolutely necessary for my health to get a little change, see other people and to refresh my mind and body. 

The other day I received the visit of a young American of the State of Indiana, formerly an officer in the american Navy in Guantanamo and now travelling [[traveling]] all over the island representing the Geographical Magazine of Washington. This young man has a special predilection for the territory