Dr. A. L. Herrera, Director,

Secretaria de Agricultura y Fomento,

Casa del Lago, Chapultepec, Mexico, D.F.



My dear Doctor Herrera:



Your last letter accompanied in the mails by a publication containing your open letter, has been very disconcerting to me.  I am left in great uncertainty as to the present status of affairs in relation to the Diplodocus.  I know that the bases have been finished, but I am not informed as to the arrival of the thirty-six boxes in Mexico.  I presume, however, that they have come to hand.  They ought not to be unpacked until a representative of this institution arrives, and no attempt ought to be made to set up the specimen until such a representative arrives, who is familiar with the method of procedure.



You have not informed me as to whom future correspondence should be addressed by me.  I presume it is the President of the University.  I gather from what I see that the control of the National Museum has been relegated to the University.  Will you kindly give me the name of the person whom I should address in this connection now that you have sundered your relationship with the Museum.  You understand that under the circumstances I am wholly at sea and do not know exactly just how to proceed.  A few lines from you giving me the information which I desire will be greatly appreciated



It is with great regret, I repeat, that I find that