Dapitan, 20 November 1893
DR. A. B. MEYER
MY VERY ESTEEMED DOCTOR,
By the mail boat of last month I sent you a box of preserved animals through Dr. Schadenberg at Manila in accordance with your suggestion. The animals I sent you were the following: Three snakes, talig-bilao (Dupog), 1 sagita volans, 1 sea-horse, 2 scorpions, 2 ascarides, various coleopteran, 1 boa constrictor, 1 iho 1 hao, 1 ataybia (serpent), 1 kalasagan, 1 tipuso, 1 magudlog, 1 kabankaban.
As their cost is very little and the remittance of small sums is difficult, I beg you not to bother about it and in exchange just send me the following works in the Spemann collection at 1 mark a bound volume:
109-110 Aeschylus
113-116 Sophocles
164-165 Ossians gedichte
50 Furgenjew (Iwan) Vater und Sohn
64 Furgenjew Rauch
1-3 V Serie Bismarck als Redner
Furgenjew (Iwan) Neoland
Rnazewsy (T.T.) Der Dichter und die Welt
The complete works of Gogol (in German) Vladimir Korolenko Danilewsky
If for these orders I shall be indebted to you, please let me know how much.
I would prefer that all the books be bound. If there should be any other work of some Russian writer that I do not know, I would appreciate it if you would sent it to me.
Without anything more for the present, many regards and thanks in advance from your attentive servant who kisses your hand.
JOSE RIZAL
P.S.
Herr Karl Reubelen is at present here collecting orchids. We have talked about you.
04-801 [Misc.]