WM. H. CROCKER. 
President Board of Trustees 
' SUSIE M. PEERS, 
Secretary Board of Trustees 
California Academy of Sciences 
GOLDEN GATE PARK 
San Francisco, California 
F. M. MAC FARLAND, 
President of the Academy and Acting 
Director of the Musenm and of the 
Steinhart Aquarium* 
Telephone BAyview 61G0 November 18.1935 
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Mr. Waldo L.Sclimitt, 
Smithsonian Institution, 
Washington ,3. G . 
Dear Mr. Schmitt: 
Your of November 14 at hand. I shall 
write Mr. Beclc and tell him of your desire to have some 
prints of the tortoises just as a matter ot courtesy 
as I am sure he will have no objections, i have his 
negatives here and the arrangement I made with him was 
to pay for the cost of printing and so much per picture 
that is published. The rate he asked was one dollar per 
picture. I’m sure he would have no objection to your 
publishing any with proper credit , and of course as far 
as I am concerned you can count me out of the picture 
altogether. I’ll be ^ad to send some prints along just 
as soon as I hear from him. 
It is too bad that Captain Hancock is scared out 
of Iguana Cove and Vilamil. Of course, the crater and the 
grass uplands are the main attractions. On a clear day 
you could ask for nothing more awe inspiring than a view 
of the great crater. It would not be necessary to anchor 
there, but merely heave to and put a landing party ashore. 
The vessel could run over to Conway Bay and anchor. However 
I imagine the Captain would not leave the vessel long 
enough to take a ride up to the crater, and no doubt he 
would not let anyone else handle the vessel so he could 
remain with the ^ore party. Iguana Cove is OK on a smooth 
day. The re is no place to anchor, but arriving there early 
in the morning he could leave a party ashore for most of 
a day and leave enough time to run over to Black Beach 
and anchor before dark. I think the VELERO ought to make 
the run in four hours. Heading for the highest peak on 
Charles v/ill land you at the anchorage. 
The inscriptions on James Island are just to the north 
of the flamingo pools. I’ll enclose a little sketch of the 
James Bay anchorage giving the location of the place. As 
I remember there are two or three little gullies leading 
