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Dear Mr, ar&fi - " ' 
la aooordaao© with year letter of ins tract loas of March 
2l;th, I proceaded hy airplane to Balboa.*, Canal Zone* to join the UsS,8, 
JIALLMD, 
This node of travel pemitted sm a maxiaisa of only 6S poimds 
of baggange, and so I was able to take ■vri.th lae only the barest neces- 
sities for the trip* Uso* the short notice tiiat I had did not give 
me tua© to ssak# isJore than tlw briefest telegraphio arrangeiaents fo.r 
certain ®ttpp.lies tte.t I felt were necessary for the expedition— chiefly 
graphic film, 
I arrived in Balboa at 6 p,m» aM boafcded the MA.LL4ED for 
an eight o •clock departure. On our way to the Salapagos w® spent «i© 
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forenoon of April 2nd off lialpelo Island* ColoEibla., April 4th wo 
refueled at Santa Elena.* Ecuador* leaving the next morning for the 
Islands 
Our first landfall was Frashsrater Bay* Chatham Island. 
Here is found the one permniamt freshwater supply in all the Islands, 
Staples of the wat®P were obtained and sulmitted to brief ohaaieal and 
baotoriologioal analyses. Copies of the doctor*® report and the 
engineer *8 tests are appended. 
#orkli^ asroiad to Wreck Bay* the port of mtry* on ipril 7th,* 
oourtesies were exchanged with ttie officials there. The forenoon of 
tlie next day was spent at iicad«3y Bay, on Indefatigabl© Island, Here 
two brackish springs were exmsiaed and tested for salinity.. As this 
is the islasd in which m> wee® isost interested* I endeavored to obtain 
