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Dr Wallace

Dear Sir,

We have [MS burned] collectors on the Orinoco and I can advise Mr Birch to avoid Venezuela¹. H<e> [MS burned] not be able to get up to the Upper port[MS burned] river. Insect life is fairly abundant [MS burned] hills up the southern tributaries of th[MS burned] but collecting is not easy as all supp<lies> [MS burned] to be brought up. (Consult Mr. Andr[MS burned]<)>

As regards Nicaragua I can only s[MS burned] from our personal point of view. We h[MS burned] very little material from there. But [MS burned] country has been well worked by M<r> [MS burned] I think.

No, Champion just touched Nicaragua.²

As I have seen only a remnant of Birch’s Trinidad Lepidoptera I cannot well judge if he is sufficiently instru[MS burned] in the art of amassing insects to mak<e> collecting pay. There are so many [MS burned] out now collecting that onl<y> [MS burned] man can make [MS burned] [2] [MS burned]s I know the material of [MS burned] <Le>pidoptera and Coleoptera from [MS burned] <Ni>caragua existing in collections is <v>ery limited and a collector should [MS burned] well there if he finds enough specimens.

Yours very truly | K. Jordan.