Doe amber 20, I 93 S 
Ensign J. P. M, Johnston, U.S.N. 
U.S.S. H00STO3 
Long Beach, California 
YLB tills 
Waldo L. Schmitt, Curator, 
Division of ‘-'arine Invertebrates 
Bern* J.P.M.j 
I a a certainly glad that you got those photographs. I had 
always planned to send you a few more and arrange an exchange, but, 
generous goal that you are, you have already attended to that, I aa 
certainly glad to have that wonderful set of prints that you sent me. 
Some tiros I would like to borrow your Clionerton Island nega- 
tives that you made from up in the fighting top in order to see if I 
can get an enlargement out of them. Yours are the only pictures that 
I have seen that give some idea of the great extent of that inner lagoon 
Who was the Johnston or Johnson in the picture taken on the 
beach at Cocos, the one in which Boass was holding the palm leaf? I 
a® certainly mixed in my identifications to some degree, and will need 
another cruise to get straightened outl Here*s hoping, but I do not 
expect it to happen this coming year. 
I was glad to get your letter and am especially grateful 
for that wonderful lot of prints. You have also helped me orient 
myself part way, at least, among the Wardroom group. 
Sincerely, 
All good wishes for Christmas 
the lew Year. 
