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Mandeville Monday March 11 1900 [[in red pencil]] ^[[FROM DR LANGLEY]] [[/in red pencil]] Dear Mr Holmes. The Major has been troubled by his cold and wished to return this morning but after a better night he concludes to stay another day the place being cool and restful, though so devoid of incident that I dont think he will care to remain. I shall be (probably) in Kingston or Constant Springs for a week and desire to occupy myself with the study of the flight of the Buzzards ("John Cro^[[w]] I want to get some young man to help me, not necessarily a scientific man but an intelligent fellow who knows the place [[strikethrough]] and [[/strikethrough]] speaks good English and could write from dictation. Please leave at the Myrtle Bank the name of the Secretary of the ^[[local]] Institute or of the Correspondent of the Smithsonian, firs[[t]] asking if you will be so good if either