Specimens

Burgess writes that he is sending Ewart some samples of a substance he picked up on the shore on Shetland and wonders if it is of any value.

Smith introduces himself as a mutual friend of Captain Hayes. He writes about his work on the multilocular form of hydatids (a type of cyst) and his collection of various specimens, copies of which he offers Ewart. He mentions the work of Professor Watson and states he hopes that someone will be able to continue researching hydatids.

Calman writes that Kinnear has handed over the 14 bottles of penguin embryos which Ewart has returned to the Museum. Calman asks Ewart to return the remaining seven bottles still in his possession so that the loan register can be updated, and suggests that, if he wishes, Ewart could remove a few sample feathers from the specimens before returning them to the Museum.

Contains correspondence with Karl Fredga and others chiefly regarding Beatty's attempts to obtain specimens of Tupaia for sperm samples. Also contains handwritten notes.

The correspondence is chiefly between Beatty and various individuals in the departments of Zoology, Palaeontology and Anthropology at the British Museum. The letters break off at the point when difficulties had evidently arisen in identifying the mummified specimens in the Museum's catalogues due to wartime damage.