Bredin, Bruce 
Filed* Bredin Exp.— Society Ids 
August 10, 19% 
Mr. Bruce Bredin 
P. 0. Box 87 
Wilmington , Del. 
Dear 'Bruces 
Here* a one little matter apart from everything else. It con- 
cerns Mostlque and the information w© may have picked up there. 
The enclosed letter tells you all I know at this time. 
We have finally gotten around to sorting the specimens collected. 
There are about 38 soil samples all told. This day I have written Mr. 
Bale F-. Wolf, I. 1. du Pont de Honours & Co., MLlsingion* Dei., asking 
if he will undertake the samples for biotic assay and mentioning that 
perhaps six of the® In part should be chemically analysed in order to 
determine the nature of the- soil. This you may want to see done if 
you are still interested in that island. Wen I hear fro® sfolf that 
he will take on the samples will be time enough to talk of the matter 
of the analyses perhaps through some of your contacts with that 
activity of the firm. Any information given Hr. Heim should cone 
fro® you. I have so written hi® (carbon herewith). lou once men- 
tioned that a friend of yours had asked about Mostlque. Could it 
possibly have been Heim? If you care to pass on anything to Mb. 
Heim, I would be happy to have you do so direct than to relay it 
through ma. 
No word as yet from the Tahiti Museum re charter yachts. I 
mentioned the matter to Br. C. V. Schroeder, director of the San 
Diego Boo and got the following in reply r "One of our Board members, 
Mr. John Scripps, has a rather large boat — two masted ketch, approxi- 
mately 90 feat long with m approximate twenty-foot beam. I under- 
stand that he placed second in the Tahiti Yacht race which is already 
concluded, tie is expected back in September. You know that Milton 
Wegeforth is a yachtsman and has been Commodore of the local club, 
but his is a small boat* Mr. Albert Eugene Trepte, another member 
of our Board, is also a yachtsman and has a larger boat but 1 don't 
believe it large enough to accommodate your group. In any event, I 
m sending your letter to Milton Wegeforth , our President and Dr. 
Harry's eldest son, and I am sure he will write you separately. 
Hope this does some good.® 
I have not yet heard from Megeforth aod in any event was not 
looking for a charter possibility from the States out. As with 
Eggleston (a copy of whose book I had sent you) it might be in order 
to go to the Islands and take one's chances on securing a suitable 
“boat* or else fall back on the inter-island craft and freighters. 
People do get around down there if only for trade and copra. 
