Sopt ember 10, 1957 
AIR MIL 
Mr* D* V* Nioholsodx 
P. 0, Box 103 
St* John's 
Antigua* B* W* I* 
Dear Desmond t 
Your letter of September 3 to Dr* Sohmitt has just arrived* Al- 
though I hesitate to close the deal for the FREELAICE trip in his ab- 
sence* I feel sure that Dr* Schmitt will be satisfied with the airange- 
ments and charter fee cited in your letter* 
If I recall correctly* you drew up a contract with the Smithsonian 
Institution to cover the previous charter* If that is your procedure, 
I think that it is safe to ask you to prepare such a contract for the 
forthcoming expedition* granting the use of the FREELANCE at #1(X)0 per 
week for six weeks starting from St* Thomas on March 21* 1958* It 
would be best to send any such contract to Dr* Schmitt so that he can 
forward it through the appropriate ch6umels here* iie will be back in 
Washington about the 21st of this month* If it is not your practice 
to draw up a contract of this nature* please let Dr* Sdimitt know the 
amount of the required dovm payaont, and I am sure that he will attend 
to it soon after his return* 
In soma ways* I would like to be going with you again, but you 
probably remember tty almost smseless aversion to travel* As expedi- 
tions go* oei*tainly none could be less painful to a landlubber like 
me than another one on the FREELAtiCE, but I prefer to remain in my 
narrow little rut if at all possible* I hope, for the sake of those 
that make up the party, that y<wi can go along | the expedition could 
not be as pleasant or profitable under any other captain* 
Please give my kindest regards to your mother and father and all 
the rest* You will just have to stop In Washington on your next trip 
to the States* 
Sincerely* 
Fennex' xi* v/xiace* Jr* 
Curator 
Division of Marine Invertebrates 
Fx'iChaceialb 
cot Dr* Sohmitt w/orig* letter 
