BERNICE P. BISHOP MUSEUM 
HONOLULU 17 , HAWAII 
Far oh 15, 
1957. 
Dr. Du ldo L. Schmitt, 
Read Curator, 
D e p a r t me nt o f Zoology, 
U. S. National Museum, 
,r Ashington 25, D. C. 
Dear Dr. Schmitt: 
I ara delighted to hear that you are making 
a no especially that you 
where I hope ve may 
you as you pass through, 
be rushed d urine- the 
hope you can sgueeze out 
a zoological trip to Tahiti 
are con inn: through Honolulu 
catch at least a glimpse of 
I know that you will 
few hours of stopover but I 
a few minutes to call at the Fuseum where I expect 
to be. I have a lot of things to talk to vou about. 
Jocelyn Crane was through here last summer 
ana told me that you were planning the trip to Tahit 
so I was not surprised to hear that it was to take 
place this spring. Tahiti is a great place for 
zoological work ana I am sure your gang will find 
it an -interesting field for investigations and rich 
enough to satisfy your several desires. 
x 
Dell this is anly a note to tell you how 
pleased I am that you and your co-workers are 
headed this way and that I hope to say ALOHA to 
you soon. Whether you get this letter before 
you get here depends upon how you travel across 
country . 
V 
dincer^ly , 
0. h. EOTuOncison* ^ 
