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James McConnaughey 
4405 Delco Dell Hoad 
Dayton 9, Ohio 
I f you • stress the 
scientific aspects of your 
trip, perhaps he'll charter 
his 
h oat very reasonably 
and 
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This is a time when I wish my boat were a little bigger 
were to be in Tahiti a little longer. I have tried to charter ever since 
1 arrived to make some much needed extra money. I have found that it is 
difficult to make Of Tale-Bishop Museum xisxxt fellowship money for one 
year. last for two. I plan to leave about the middle of February in Nani 
(she s 57 ' , incidentally, could sleep 6, but not with comfort) for Calif, 
and leave her for sale while I fly to Florida. I am trying to sell the 
boat here but there seems to be little chance of success. I wish I had 
the. time to sail the boat to Florida, but Smith wants me in Miami by June 1 
I must stay until Feb. to complete my research, and the interval 
between Feb. and June 1 is insufficient to sail the boat to Florida, regard 
less of route. 5 considered shipping on the deck of a freighter to Panama 
until I learned that would cost 4,000 bucks. 
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I feel you would be much better off to obtain a boat (and this 
see from your letter that yoiu realize too) than to obtain lodging 
anc rely on local interisland boats for transportation. Your own 
■would free you from the necessity of conforming to schedules of inter- 
island boats and would give you much-needed transportation at the 3 
visited. The rates for local boats do not appear very high. That, 
I can 
a shore 
boat 
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to their credit. The roundtrio to Moorea from Papeete is onxy 
francs (one Collar = 65 francs) 
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seems to be 
py- As for hotel reservations, there is probably no need 
« i * Fxcept during the Bastille Day (Jul^l.4) celebration, there 
Plenty of hotel space. To play safe/’ 'I would write a month or two in 
t 1 ^advance. I suggest the Grand Hotel in Papeete. Although the Tropiqu.es 
is better known, it is on the rocks financially, and service is rather poor 
v ’ More important, it is out of town a mile or two, necessitating taxi cab 
$ hire. I would suggest ID bucks a day as 0 relatively safe# 
\ jN^ernon Brock, director of Fish and Game in Hawaii who is no 1 
working with me on a project of introducing certain groupers and snapper 
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in Tahiti 
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waters, corroborates this figure. 
Another thought on Mgreva . • . even if x o ore were here when you arrived, 
I doubt if he would have the time to skipper the vessel. I consistently 
usee one chubby and. lovial Tahitian character aboard, so presume he is 
j ^ mor e-or-less permanent crew 
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s is that he would be an able 
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pper . 
^ ^ Perhaps you guys could be the crew. Of course there would be no difficulty 
§ getting another. Tahitian as crew; practically everyone is a sailor. 
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Yes, I have met Joe Morrison 
mentioned to you. Frank Stimspon 
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•work published, 
o have advised me to 
I know of most of the peop-e be 
a t xa 1 e g et t x n g some a n t hr 0 po x 0 g x c a 1 
have yet to meet Aurora Natua, though several people 
look her up (as Ted may have told you, I am doing my 
research in Mooeea and make only occasional trips to Tahiti). I have 
heard of Torres only vaguely ... perhaps he has moved on... I know several 
people in the Research Institute quite well, Ben Bambridge included . 
I have heard of Bisel but x do not know him. He is no longer chef d( 
Gendarmes. I have had dealings with Donalds and recommend them to you 
'ix for such things as handling your shipments of specimens, etc. 
■ Please thank Ted for me for his letter of Aug. 16 . _Ask him to write 
when he receives the bottom, samples and invertebrates 1 sent. Sincerely 
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