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Johnston evinces unusually good judgment in the care of live animals, and with proper encouragement Mr Ellis and he can be of very great service to us hereafter in the matter of collecting. [[strikethrough]] live animals [[/strikethrough]]. By transporting live animals in the empty fish cars on their return trips, and thus saving express charges, a fine collection can be built up at very light expense.

The skins and other mammalian objects mentioned in the accompanying list I will, according to custom, turn over to the [[strikethrough]] Accor [[/strikethrough]] Registrar for the Curator of Mammals. In regard to the live specimens, I would suggest the necessity of starting a new catalogue for them.

Respectfully submitted,
W. T. Hornaday
[[Ch.?]] Taxidermist.