..JJLthsmgfe, thd -ha# p©.missioa from tb© Souadorian go^roim- 
m©nt .to establish, air .aaad suhaariM has##, la ih® {Jala|>agos,- th0y plan 
.to make ao .aov© uatiX . really ^ii®oes#ary«--- .Ai^ pl<m«©riag ia.-th® Islaads 
would, of neoesslty# dewlve upon th® aaiihsoBlaa If uadertak.« at all. 
fhis would ,pemit., the location of tb® laboratory' on wJmt imy aaw 
oonsidered.. th® most f aworabl® . site in. the Islmds. Thi:#, Captain Piofc- 
ing insists,. Is on tb© south .shoro .of liortb Smysmur Island idler© it 
.fronts Indefatigable*. Between tii© two islands is. a omparatlwely aar- 
row ci'MBonel-idiieh, by^ -rirtue of reef® or a ohaln-of.' Islets and shoals, 
orosa ©aoh end., has been transforaed into... .a wonderfully .well protested, 
landlocked basin, entirely free frmt swells, is quiet 
here that one , oan , anohor aloagsld© of the .rosks.^wVerS&'Ms, a 
. small dock would be .Tory jsomrenieat and ■ deslsmble, 'Through -either 
.reef there is an .opening s«ffiol«itly .l.arge' for the passage of fairly 
good-sized ’fesssls,. ewi though the a&xfcausa depth at mean low water Is 
only. 2-1/4. -fathos®*- Captain .Pitking feels oertaia that -It will b# a 
we-ry sis^l© :iiattt 6 r to -inorease-this deptli with the aid- of a diwer or 
.by blastia^j* .. .Cte Ms .surw^ 'ohart he-Ms'-desipiated tMa perfedtly 
oaim, .safe harbor "'as the South Channel ^sin, and he has kindly fumldhed 
s© a traeing .'siirlng details- of tliis basinj photogr&phio copy amended* 
so Mppm-ed that I di'd not get -to -see this particular sit®, 
wMoh Gaptai.n Piokiag dXamvmrod just before our departure from South 
Sejiaour., .but I. hs-r® Idle uMoat oo.afld®ooe in -his Jud^aent, and, there- 
fore*- on.- the ■.strength of Ms r®o<»a«idation,. I' would urge, unless 
other ooasid@rati<m® should- outweigh th© adwaatagea, tMt the 'proposed 
laboratory be located bore* Iher®' is a oo'asidorably area of land a-slior® 
sultabl© fcBT tha eoastru.otlon of build.mgs and also of a **gunit©’* water- 
shed, whleh. In th© usual wet season, Aould 00 Hoot sufflolent water 
to last a small establishaent through the -dry season* This is the 
■plao® t^iat ..Captain Fiokia^ is reoaEmeadlng. -to the laty. Both ho and 
Admiral ^dl-er say that we woul-d b© f»e@‘ -to looat# here if we kept to 
one -md .of this partloalar -area* ' ■ 
Htiiou^i. water oouM bo hauldd from 'Fr® shim ter Bay, ®mth«B 
Island,:' sixty Mies away,, it is bollewed- that -an ■ oil— fired ewaporator 
would be .mueh mova eoonoaiealj- roughly, on© gallon of diesel oil is 
needed to produo© twelve gallons of fresh water. At Freshwater &>.y a 
snail dam would Mve t» be oonstruoted so that a flexible pips line 
could be laid out a .short distance off store to enable on© to take on 
water Mthout landi.ng,-... .Presliwater Bay,, unfortunately, is on the 
south side- of Chathaa Island*. ?h© southern exposures of all th© 
Islands are generally bad landing plaoos . because of th© prewailling 
winds. 
..Cai May 1 st I visited th© Sational kiiBeim of Panama,- examined 
th© oolleotlons, and encouraged Dr, Mmdez to oo-lleot crustaceans both 
for his institution £ad for ours.* At present Idler® are only two orus- 
tao@ans on exhibit in that Institution, though tixor© is a very oostpre- 
hensive rop^rcsontstioa of PanaaMaa shells, birds, md reptiles, I am 
sending him certain soieatiflo liters tur© that he desired. Heeding 
peat in which to paok my Cocos Island palm seeds, I oidled on It*, Paul 
