ERNEST N. MAY 
80! SMITH’S BRIDGE ROAD 
WILMINGTON 7, DELAWARE 
January 3, 1959 
Dr. Waldo Schmitt 
c/o Smithsonian Institution 
Washington, D. C. 
Dear Waldo: 
Thank you for your Christmas card, and ■ 
also thank you for your cordial invitation to join 
the '’Caribee.” I might very well be able to v 7 ork 
this out. Much will depend upon where you wfill be 
from April 20th on to May 5th. I will not return 
from Honolulu until April 15th. Your offer sounds 
so tempting that I certainly would like to join you. 
John Finlay and I have alv/ays gotten along 
well together, so don’t worry about that. Another 
way of saying it is that we don’t knov; each other 
well enough to disagree on anything! 
Bruce tackled me the other day and said he 
wanted to talk about expeditions, so I presume he 
will give me your exact itinerary. So I repeat, for 
the time being, don’t give up my place yet. 
Very best wishes to you and Mrs. Schmitt. 
Ernest N, May 
P.S. - We are not going to the same house in Honolulu 
but to one about a mile nearer town. It has many 
advantages and no disadvantages. 
