WM. H. CROCKER. 
President Board of Trustees 
SUSIE M. PEERS, 
Secretary Board of Trustees 
F. M. MAC FARLAND, 
President of the Academy and Acting 
California Academy of Sciences Director of the Museum and of the 
Steinhart Aquarium' 
GOLDEN GATE PARK 
San Francisco. California 
Telephone BAyview 5100 
I trust that all the pictures I sent to the American 
Musenm will oe published. It was my intention, when I tried the 
National Geographic, to malce a big splurge with Hancock's 
photos, as i thought that magazine would be the only one that 
could afford to print so many. However, I did not have a sufficient 
stock on hand and Mr. Swett said I would have to go down to Los 
Angeles to choose them. Of course, I did not want to stand the 
expense of a trip down there if the article was not accepted, so 
sent as many sampls as I had and told them the supply was practically 
unlimited. The arrangement I made with Captain Hancock was to 
pay for the prints off of his films and to present him with an 
oil painting of a Galapagos Land Iguana for the privilege of 
having the use of his pictures. Mr.Tose, our Chief of Exhibits, 
agreed to paint two pictures, or four if necessaiy, to illustrate 
the article. The Land Iguana, was sent with the photographs as a 
sample , but the thing did nofe seem to appeal to the Geographic. 
Mr.Tose touched the oil painting up to make more of a picture of it 
than an illustration, and I am sending it to Captain Hancock to 
fill my part of the bargain, despite the fact that it will not be 
published. I did not try any color pictures on the American Museum. 
Maybe the Captain will hang the picture in the dining room of the 
VELERO and you will see it when you make the next cruise. It would 
not pay the Department of Herpetology to make another trip to the 
Galapagos, and besides, though I would not care to have it repeated 
as I think Captain Hancock is the best ever, I would oe very much 
opposed to making a trip on the VELERO. It is too stylish to suit 
my blood. 
There is another landing on Indefatigable that is not too bad 
and that is directly opposite Duncan Island. Anchorage may be found 
most anywhere along the coast and it was from this landing that 
a party went inland and found where the remains of the old settlement 
are located. From this anchorage it is only a short run over to 
Duncan( four or five miles), and if I remember correctly around 
the rocks at Duncan we usedto get plenty of oarcaleau and fishing 
in general was not oad. The signs of the settlement we saw were 
agaves and banana, trees. 
You mi^t let me know if you get started for the Galapagos 
so the tortoise pictures will not lay around during your absence 
and possibly get lost. If there are any q^uestions you want to 
ask about our experiences jxist shoot them along. 
