Gerard Pi el 
i Magazine 
York City 
You are a funny crowd! When I returned from the Presi- 
dential Cruise last summer I offered you folks first choice of all 
my pictures, including over 100 selected Kodachromes, hut you were 
not interested. I still have those Kodachromes. Some of them are 
scientifically worth while and many of them ere very beautiful pio 
tures, including an extremely interesting set of the Neptune party 
that was held aboard the Houston, all in color. 
With this 1 am sending you a copy each of all publications 
by the Smithsonian that have appeared to date on the Presidential 
Cruise. I can furnish you with copies of all the 'pictures that appear 
in these publications.* At this time you seam to bs most interested 
in the new snedies that were collected. 
Folded into the publication on the new palm are a series 
of photographs carrying the same number as the plate and figure with 
which they correspond. 
In the front of the Explorations Pifmphlel separate is a 
photograph of the Houston off Cocos Island. 
The ®c hi noderm report by Mr. Clark, like that on the palm, 
is also interleaved with photographs corresponding to the plates. 
The two new species of fish are line cuts which you could 
photograph i X* Oil publication by Mr, Cinaburg. Should you want the 
original drawings, which are four times this si ze, 1 can send them on 
as soon as I hear from you. 
There is a report on the mollusks collected on the Presi- 
dential Cruise which will appear on the 13th of the month. I send you 
the original photographs of the plates that will appear In that report 
but these should not be used if the pictures will appear* before the 
13 th. On or after that date will be all right. As these are original 
copy, I would like to have them returned here when you are through 
