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CiRNEGIE INSTITUTION OF WASHINGTON 
WASHINGTON, D. C. 
Office of the President. 
January 28, 1925. 
Dr. Waldo L. Schmitt, 
U. S. National Museum, 
Washington, D, C, 
My dear Dr. Schmitt; 
I have read your letter of January 27, with much interest and 
am glad to learn of the opportunity tdiich has come to you for study in 
South America under the Bacon Scholarship. I trust, however, that it 
may be possible for you to make arrangements to visit the Tortugas Labor 
atory again in company with Dr* Longley during the coming sunmerv in the 
month of June before you leave for South Merica# 
He are desirous of having this Laboratory used effectively in the 
interests of investigations wtiich maj/' be undertaken most advantageously 
at -that location, and I am particularly interested in some of the ecolog 
ical problems upon wiiich Dr* Longley has already worked* 
With best wishes, I am 
Vexy ancerely yours , 
s/d John C* Merriam. 
