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Delphinapterus

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GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANANDA
A. P. Low, Deputy Head and Director.
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Ottawa,
Feb. 2 [[superscript]] nd [[/superscript]], 1907.
Ans'd Feb 5/07

To Dr. F. W. True.
Dear Sir, 
Many thanks for your letter of the 21 [[superscript]] st [[/superscript]] of October last, & for the information about the [[underlined]] Beluga Vermontana [[/underlined]], & its relations to [[underlined]] D. leucas. [[/underlined]]

I have to apologize for not answering your letter sooner, but, almost immediately after writing to you, an attack of bronchitis intervened, which has confined me to the house until long after the new year. And, as I write, I feel quite worn out, or rather tired, both mentally & physically, from so much coughing.

The reason why I failed to find the place where Thompson changed the name [[underlined]] Delphinus Vermontanus [[/underlined]] to [[underlined]] Beluga Vermontana [[/underlined]], is the very obvious one that we have not a copy