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Hay 9, 1941 
IIp« (J* E* OTfdt 
Assoolat© Director 
D, S* National Museu® 
Washington, D. 0* 
Dear Mr. Graft 
Da aooordanc® with your iettor of instruotions of March 
28th, I prooeedod hy airplane to Balboa, Canal Eon©, to join the 
U.S.S. IIALLABD. ' ^ 
As this Biode of travel persdtted a aaxiauta of only §S 
pounds of baggag®, I ms abi© to tak© with tae only the barest neoes- 
sities for the trip. Also, the siiort notio© that I had did not giv® 
m time -to laak© more than th® .briefest' tolegraphio arrangmonts for 
oortain supplies 'that I felt were noessary for the expedition— -ohlefly 
preservatives, bottles for speoimmis, and photographic fila. 
■ I .arrived in Balboa at 4f^. p.a. and boarded the IL4LLARD for 
an eight o’clock departure. We sj^nt' the forenoon of April 2ad off 
■Malpelo Island, Colcmbia. April 4tli we refueled at Santa Siena, Ecua- 
dor, leaving next aoming for the Galapagos Islands, 
Our first landfall was Preslamter Bay, Chatliaa Island* Her© 
is found the on© pemanent fresh water supply In all tii© Islands, A 
saiaplo of the water was obtained and given a brief chemical ai&i baoterl- 
ologioal analysis, (Copies of the doctor’s report and the engineer’s 
tests ar© appended, ) Working around to Wr®ok- Bay, the port of ^ entry, 
the sBEie day, April 7th, oourtesios were exchanged with tlio officials 
there,- 
An interesting sidelight on our Wneok ^y visit. Ashore, the 
Territorial Chief, Tonel Heneses PeBaherrera, most hospitably set be- 
fore us a platter of freshly sliced pineapple and served tli©r®after 
two rounds of very ©xoellent brandy. Captain Picking, in returning the 
oompliiaent. Invited him and his staff to a buffet supper aboard th® 
MALLARD, whloh was conoluded with ioo6ore®a and cake and the best 
feature movie in the llALLARD’s repertoire. In the course of one of 
the Inter^ssions, while reels x^ro being changed, SoRor PoXanoa, in- 
terpreter for the Governor, leaned over to me and said, ”It’s wonderful 
tlmt you are doing so much for us, " He ms genuinely moved by the 
kind attention given him and his oountrj«en. 
