J. BRUCE BRED IN 
P. O. Box 87 
Wilmington, Delaware 
October 16, 1958 
Dr, Waldo L. Schmitt 
Smithsonian Institution 
Washington 25 » D. C. 
Dear Dr. Schmitt: 
Your recent letter v^as on my desk yesterday 
when I returned from Cuba, As you can see, I did 
not get back in time to attend your Explorer's 
Club meeting. I would like very much to have been 
with you. 
Recently, I saw the Caribee and the Voyageur 
in Miami, and talked with the owner. Captain G. W, 
Boudreau. His address is Dock Master's Office, 
City Yacht Basin, Miami, Florida. He is a very 
personable fellow and assured me that the Caribee 
would be ideal for our purposes. I also was im- 
pressed with the Voyageur, but I believe it would 
be too costly and luxurious for an expedition such 
as ours , 
It would seem to me that we should sign the 
Caribee up for five weeks starting the first of 
April, with the understanding that the charter 
commence in Trinidad, and the owner delivering the 
Caribee to Port of Spain at his expense. Also, I 
thirJc it would be very desirable to have Desmond 
along provided that it does not cost the expedition 
more than f 100. 00 per week for his services. Would 
it not be better to have him join the expedition as 
a collector rather than have any connection with the 
crew. This way we should not have any misunder- 
standings . 
I would like very much to ask Bill Amos from 
St. Andrew's School to be with the expedition for 
a few weeks. Also, the University of Delaware 
would like to be represented for at least part of 
the time. Other than yourself, I feel that we 
could Include two more collectors. John Finlay 
