WM. H, CROCKER. 
Presisiant Board of Ti-ustees 
SUSIE M. PEERS. 
Secretary Board of Trustees 
California Academy of Sciences 
F. M. mac FARLAND. 
President of the Academy and Acting 
Director of the Museum and of the, 
Steinhart Aquarium' 
GOLDEN GATE PARK 
San Francisco, California 
TEI.EPHONE BAYVIEW 5100 
OctoDer E5,1935 
Dear Mr. Schmitt : 
Your Galapagos article in Nature Magazine 
was read with great interest and I think you have a 
very nice assortment of pictures. May I ask if this 
is the same article as you tried the National Geo- 
graphic on? I tried them on mine and they informed 
me that they had two years supply of natural history 
articles and any more would he a little too much, 
or words to that effect. However, a short time ^o 
I sent it to the American Museum and they are willing 
to take a chance with it. I suppose they are hooked 
ahead for a long time , so it may he ages before the 
article is published. 
There are one ortwo points in your article that 
I think mi^t need straightening. Of course, my 
criticism is strictly friendly and not to he taken 
in any other way. However, in case you should write 
anything else on the Enchanted Islands you might check 
on the following: 
Where you speak of following Darwin's steps 
on Charles- page E68 "the tortoises and land iguanas 
have disappeared”. As far as the records show I know 
of no lan d i guana ever having Deen found on Charles. 
It was on, James that he saw so many of them. 
■^age S71 iire you sure about ” As in Spanish a 
fresh water tortoise is a Galapago ? I always thought 
the sea turtle and any of the terrapins were called 
tortuga and the land animal Galapago. The sea turtle 
was sometimes called tortuga de mar. 
Page 31E ” On Albemarle it is already rare , while 
on Charles, James, and Indefatigable it has become 
completely extinct”. — I’m sure there are no records 
from Charles. On Indefatigaole it was taken in 190E 
by Beck, and in 19E4-E5 by the Norwegian Expedition 
to the Galapagos. The Norwegians took two at Conway 
Bay. However, it is extremely rare on Indefatigable. 
