Noveniber 5, 1926. 
Sr. S. S. Goodhue, 
Hoolohtia, Molokai, 
Hawaii . 
My dear Dr. Goodhue; 
I know of no more delightful place to vegetate and enjoy 
life than Juan Poriwuides, hut I could scarcely rocoi®isi;d it, jO a 
couple who would like to retire to a peaceful, earthly paradise. 
The place is utterly without modern conveniencos, as we 
civiliaed pepple xuidor stand them, and ^ike many garden spots 1ms its 
drawbacks. If you knov? California in Saptemher you will know how un- 
pleasant fleas can he. Climatically and otherwise Juan Fernandez is 
much like soraa parts of California, though noistor and with a far 
richer flora. lad I no other amhitions I could on joy spending ray days 
there hut how I wo\rld feel about it when older would he another matter. 
One vfould practically have to import house and furnit\ir0 and plumbing, 
also means of access are next to impossible except for on© who wants to 
rough it unless you wait for the once—yearly excursion steamer. Anyone 
v?ho conteiaplates settling down there should first make the excursion trip 
fhis comes either before or after Christmas and is conducted by the 
Pacific Steiffii Navigation Company or the Hoyal Mail Packet, either of 
which I am sure maintain agencies in Honolulu. 
I aa sorry I cannot give you more encotiragranant , but neverthe- 
less Juan Pernandaz is surely the garden spot of South America. 
Waldo L. Schmitt 
Curator of Marine Invertebrates. 
WLS/nks 
