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  • After lunch Salmonsen [Finn Salomonsen] took me on a tour of the book shops of which there are many. They impressed me greatly but their neatness + the knowledge of stock possessed by the attendants. I located several rare + interesting sets + volumes. We should definitely get Acta Arctica. 4 vols. [volumes] out, The 5th Thule Expedition Reports. Many of the Greenland Reports, the set is expensive 3500 K. [Krone] but broken sets are about 2/3rd [two-thirds] that. The Dana Expedition Reports. [Finn] Salomonsen recommends Ardea + the 2 Dutch ornithological periodicals The museum here has had lots of money for exploratory expeditions all over the world both from the government + from private donors. I find that the great output of books, popular + semipopular by the local zoologists arises from the necessity of implementing their small salaries. [Finn] Salomonsen gets about 800 k [krone] per month. but reckons that the dollar only has buying power in America of 2 k. [krone] here. Income taxes are very high - [Magnus Anton] Degerbol pays 40%. At 4 o'clock I rejoined [Magnus Anton] Degerbol + with another zoologist took a train from Norreport about 7 miles to Klampenborg where there is the very
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