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Mr. Jotispla E. .Slevia 
Celifomia Acailcri;'/. of SiSieRcea 
Golden Gate ^arfe 
Bm Fran. o£ SCO,' Galffomla 
D#ar Mr. Slcvlai , 
1 do appreclsie ymiir letter of the ^th, ^aort than I oan eart 
and tl»et is why I «oewer tt to promptly. 1 wi«E now that 1 haft he«» & 
little »or# eaawf^ oa. to r^jtlle ref ereneee m&. that I ho4. up^^lefl. 
to E««se 'One In om* Beptlle Dlrieion for comtoent. on -roy' etateiacntB. , 
St®,1niger 'Is awny, tut t do not know that I would bare tbop^t of idii 
had he heen here. I a» afraid that I let 8«®tiin«nt carry ®« aw when 
I w®# thinking elKsut retracing Ikirwin*'® trails. 
“(halapag©'* m» one of the lartlailar tMnge which I did sii«#E 
lip, for I hud seen wari.ou® reference to the tspnelatlon of this word. 
One of the latest and he#t Spanish dictionaries that I haw© sem*** 
Appleton*®, 1930 — carries *frosh mter tortoise** for this word. Scsa# 
of the earlier tmrellerB had need the 0 er.e phrase. Shat Is the resBlon 
1 did check this point.; Of course, the uiual Spanish dictionary te 
no place for a solsntifl© definition. 
fhere is one article you will en^oy regarding Earwln* and 
thjil is Janes Sltohie*® rorlew of hie (Ifora Barlow) recently isuhllihei 
diary (Cssshrlfig® University frees, 1933 )•• &ppmm in Selwaoe 
frogress, Vol. 2S, So.;^ pp. 73^7^2. 3193^. pgjrwln was per* 
to tore known of Porter** account, la Ms ”foyage 
of the Be^e,«: at least the editOoa I tore at Itend, he Mmself adcaewl* 
edges towing iesraed fro® Ihr. hawion for the first tlswi that the ior- 
toieee differed on the different itlaade. 
I can*t hfigla to thank you for your letter* It, too, tols»s 
»e tooeelok for those ielasde. ttora is so waCh yet to h® done there* 
Bid you ever makh that leading on CSiarlee called, lae. Ouavewa, the onO 
8^^ over to the east store there is that 0(d>os iaeorlptloii on the 
^rtiwallt If there are any pioturee that I can help you out with, 
please let m know, toko your wants known and I will see if I o*» fill 
