January 31, 1925 
Dr*: Stejneger, . . / v'ec> ov\ » i ■•<■■» . ^ ac(->!L. -i‘' 
I feave ■# *tT« i i»wgiay i >iatg»"^ Ud 3y urged to come to Tortugas 
again this year, if only for the mox^th of June, even though I have tried 
to shunt, the matter over until after the expiration of my incumbency of 
the Purd^v Bacon Scholarship. 
iayHj^mwflno of "the Scholarship does not begin until July first; it 
is of course,\ sometime during that month that I plan leave on the first 
field trip to South ilmerica.jj^tlfe Dr. Metcalf expects to go to Hio the lat- 
ter part of the\ame month, I ( sS^T ^for obvCous reasons'^ like very much 
to travel along -vActh him on that first leg of my journey.^ 
it. 
This would re'h^der it possible for me to go to Tortugas for the month 
of June, if permitted '% the Museum authorities. I am confident that I can 
leave ny Museum responsibilities in such shape that this additional brief 
period would not interfe^ veiy much with the successful functioning of 
the Division, beyond such'*^;reports as might be a little delayed, pending ry 
personal attention. As the%iarger reports go, a matter of six or seven 
months is not at all out of tie ordinary; the annual report would be pre- 
pared in advance. \ * l- / . r> /* ^ ^ 
\ letter 
If at all possible, I shou^4 li k^to mm t jjdt.h, thf^ of Dr. Lon 
ley, and^those expressed liy Dr. MeAiam^Mordb-^'*’* that I 
want to do at Tortugas that will not'**‘pnly^ be to my oato credit, but that of 
the Institution as ivell. \ 
