DEAR HOWELL:

We are very proud to think that the first letter you have ever written has
been to us. Please write again--often. If you will look in the last number
of THE GREAT ROUND WORLD you will see an answer to Sydney G. about the
kite. We told him just where to find the pattern for it. EDITOR.


DEAR EDITOR:

I want to ask you about the great monster, and did they take him
to Washington? I am eight years old. Please put my letter in the
paper. Good-by. MURRAY W.S.

BALTIMORE, MD., March 23d, 1897.


Mr. Merrill, the Acting Curator of the Smithsonian Institution, has been
kind enough to send us the following letter about the monster that was
washed ashore on the coast of Florida.

Our young readers should get _The American Naturalist,_ and read the
article. EDITOR.


EDITOR OF THE GREAT ROUND WORLD:

In reply to your letter of April 4th, I regret to say that the
nature of the animal which was washed ashore on the coast of
Florida is still undetermined. Some authorities are inclined to