Bredin, Bruce 
Aufu»t 17, 19% 
fSr* aruee a*edin 
p. 0. iex S7 
Miljiliiitoa , Bel. 
Bear Bruee « 
you f©p jour letter of August 15. 
I have saked tfe© Mat«»a Mo© for reaeraatioiis for fire, 
too ^bles BdaiWK fia*«, aod one aingle with hath, for <he 
H« r # 23 tailing. Three upeeks or a© would he 3»*t fine. 
Seturniiig poses one diffiowlty is the first sailing 
is ms^ If. feat, of eourse, would take h&m 
ever w» eolleeted and »ayh® such washes of the pwty yi 
ari gh t stiQT longer than tJare® u»el», but if there were 
urgency fbr fining Imbms sooiiisr, o»e can always fly. If any 
wmbers of tl» party with to return ship, they Ki#t be 
able t® Join a bonewwfd feouiid Tessel irm. Suva or Pago Pag® 
^il WB or 27. lither or both of tiMsse can be reached fey 
air Papeete. ^ April dates rathrar short^a the stay. 
The Ifey tailing, of course, proloi^ it two weeks ^ut. 
Heamibile , I haw# coise upon a few helpful 
Jbha E. iandall, who has his oim snail “boat,* 
his fanily, aiwi he has been in Tahiti for tl^ better part of a 
year ai^ will be there through next spring, m is studying 
history of the sea ba^, and, of sours®, i»rki^ag 
i^i©h we are all interested. He lAH be able 
lowdown on cbarg«ar possibilities* I feawe ask^ 
him to contact the fim Establishwnt «Ito»ald,*' the naiie of 
which was giwen to ae bf Dr. Morrison, one of our ewators ^ 
the diwiaioB of »oll?»te here in the Itoseun. Before 1 oji«, I 
should tee able to preset you with S€®e quite definite estSsiates. 
& this letter I m endosii^ a kodaelaetase slide of the nap 
prepared by one of osr losei® artists for any that you 
mke of the piotwes you took. I hare be«i wantiis* to sei^ you 
a seleeted set of o«r sewral color ^ts, but Al Srtth will 
not be available watil after the first of Sept^teer idi® he 
retuTM to lashiBgton. At that tia»e he ought to l» able to put 
together a 100 sl^s »r® or less, giwing you the best of the 
^lohs that we nade. I have Just been looking at this aaq> thsrough 
the viewer on ny <fesk. It wis a wonderful cruise, and we enjoyed 
every ninute of it. It is nice to am the tra(± of the "irwelance 
Vj 
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