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[[preprinted]] UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE BUREAU OF BIOLOGICAL SURVEY WASHINGTON, D. C. [[/preprinted]] August 10, 1911 Mr. Alex Wetmore Bellingham, Washington. Dear Mr. Wetmore: I am enclosing herewith a permit to collect and ship from the Alaska Peninsula four large bears and six caribou as per my recent telegram. The collection of birds obtained on your trip to the western islands is received and proves to contain some very interesting specimens. The series of ptarmigan are especially desirable and valuable. We shall look forward with great interest to the results of the [[strikethrough]] of the [[/strikethrough]] work you are now engaged on. I am enclosing herewith four transportation orders which are probably more than sufficient to transport you to Washington. I find that your original orders were made out with Washington as your official station, and it will be much better for you to come straight here and remain a week or ten days in order to talk your work over and get a distinct idea of the nature of the report required. Then it will be possible to give you a two months leave of absence without pay when you can go to Lawrence and complete your school work, afterwards coming back to Washington to complete your report. Very truly yours, ^[[H.w. Henshaw]] Chief, Biological Survey. T