Dapitan
Dapitan, 8 June 1893
DR. A. B. MEYER
DEAR DOCTOR,
I have just received your letter dated 24 March and I agree heartedly to your “Petition” that I prepare for you scientific specimens. Only that as I am a deportee here, I am not free to go everywhere nor use a rifle, etc.[1] In spite of this, I shall do everything possible to serve you. All the birds, reptiles, etc. that I can buy, I shall keep for you; I also know a little about their preservation. However, I should like to know if Dr. Schadenberg will accept any kind of animals, reptiles, and skulls, for you may already have the kind that are here. I would prefer that you send me a catalogue with prices so that I may not pay too much for them.
You have reminded me again of the beautiful days we spent together in Paris; those were other times. They were in free Europe.
Respectfully,
RIZAL
01-790 [Family]
[1] Later they granted him greater freedom and the use of a rifle with which he used to hunt in the environs of Dapitan.