WCP688

[1]

INCHRORY LODGE,

TOMINTOUL,

BANFFSHIRE,

N. B.

Augt. 20 [1903?]

Dear M^r. Wallace,

Whitely¹ who travelled for Salvin & my-self for many years in Ecuador & Peru finally went to British Guiana, from whence he sent us large collections of birds & some new lepidoptera, but he did not touch beetles, nor do I know that there has been any serious collection of [2] Coleoptera in that country. Whitely went a long way into the interior of the country & must have been there for 5 or 6 years & died there some 7 years ago.

He was not a collector of small things. I have no doubt there is still much to be done there. I do not think very much is to be done in British Honduras. The fauna is a continuation of that of Yucatan & Guatemala [3]

We have received a good many collections from a M. [illeg.]neaneau who has lived there for some years & is I believe in the mahogany trade & lives in the interior of the country. I think British Guiana would be a far more profitable country & is easy of access for a long way inland now.

As regards private collectors who would advance money for the purpose, I know of no one but [4] Walter Rothschild² & he does a good deal in this way. If you like I would write to him about it or put you into communication with him.

Believe me | Sincerely yrs | F. D. Godman³ [signature]