SI Bredin Exp.— Society Ids 
August 17, 1956 
lb*. Bruce Bredin 
P. 0, Box 87 
Wilmington, Bel. 
Lear Bruce 
Thank you for your letter of August 15. 
I hare asked the Matson line for reservations for five, 
two doubles minimum fare, and one single with bath, for the 
March 23 sailing. Three weeks or so would be just fine. 
Returning poses one difficulty in that the first sailing 
northbound is May 19. That, of course, would take home what- 
ever ire collected and maybe such members of the party who 
sight stay longer than three weeks, but if there were any 
urgency for coming home sooner, one can always fly. If &w 
ambers of the party wish to return by ship, they might be 
able to Join a homeward bound vessel from Suva or Pago Pago 
April 26 or 27. Either or both of these can be reached by 
air from Papeete, the April dates rather shorten the stay. 
The May sailing, of course, prolongs it two weeks about. 
Meanwhile, I have come upon a few helpful leads. Aft*. 
John E. Randall, who has his own mall "boat," went down with 
his family, and he has been in Tahiti for the better part of a 
year and will be there through next spring. Be is studying 
the life history of the S 0 & bass ! and $ o£ c&xtTB&p narking 
along lines in which we are all interested. Be will be able 
to give us the lowdcwn on charger possibilities. I have asked 
him to contact the firm Establishment ’’Donald/ the name of 
which was given to me by Dr. Morrison, one of our curators in 
the division of mollusks here in the Musewt. Before long, I 
should be able to present you with some quite definite estimates. 
In this letter I am enclosing a kodachrome slide of the map 
prepared by one of our Snseuai artists for any showing that yon 
make of the pictures you took. I have hem wanting to send you 
a selected set of our several color shots, but A1 Smith will 
not be available until after the first of September when he 
returns to Washington. At that time he ought to be able to put 
together a 100 slides more or less, giving you the best of the 
shots., that we made. I have Just been looking at this map through 
the viewer on my desk. It was a wonderful cruise, and we enjoyed 
every minute of it. It is nice to see the trade of the ’'Rmelance 
