SI Bredin Exp. --Society Ids. 
February 7, 1957 
Mr. ; rnest «. May 
R, . ffe. 1 
WLlsiagtea , Delaware 
Bear .let 
It goes without saying that I had one of the most wonderful 
tines I ever experienced at Xanadu, lords fail *e when I try to 
write about it. I owe a lot to Brace for that invitation, as you 
have also told w», but, to tell the truth, I owe something to you 
all, that Mr. Irfaie was willing to have m down and treated m so 
royally. It is a marvelous place, and fro® ay point of view as an 
invert. ©brat e sooloaisw, a remarkably rich one, I hate to soy it, 
but I would like to get a chance to do a little off-shore dredging 
both within and without the peninsula on which Xanadu Is located. 
Already John Finley has turned up soar w*y rare and remarkable 
shells, and I think of the whip and fan corals there wist be, equally 
remarkable things awaiting "capture. '* shall see how it -orks oat 
but right flow we are busy getting tilings together for Sruec * s South 
Sea Expedition. There will be a vacant berth on board, and I hope 
that either you or he will consider occupying it for part of the 
cruise. It is not so far by air even though one has to go by way of 
yyi. 
Things seen to be stacking up in a very nice way. We have a 
young yachtsman who is studying fishes in faaiti as uaptaio^and 
that will add greatly to our collections* There is nothing like 
having & wan who 'knows the islands and who indeed has visited most 
of then in a mailer craft than' we will have. The M If belongs to 
a Mr. James KcCcnnaughey of Dayton, Ohio. It is a handsome new 
actor sailer, 55 feet over-all* with acoocnedstioiM for live ues*des 
the crew, two deckhands, and the captain. 
Another reason for writing you at this tine is to pass on a 
paragraph that gives you a further and perhaps a last worn on our 
friend G. I^nsan Carroll so far as the San Megs' ■ o is concerned. 
This , too , like the other material , i will ask you v,o treat as ^ 
confidential , or, if you do have to use it, please do so with dis- 
cretion. Here it is* 
"As a follow up I thought you would b® interested to know 
that 0. l^wan Carroll called me from Dos Angeles on the ®or»- 
ing of Monday, January 28th. This was not a friendly* call. 
He indicated that he was most disturbed about a latter i had 
