Bredin, Bruce 
August 10, 19% 
Ir. ]^uce l^edin 
P. 0. Box 07 
IjUiBingtOQ , Osl. 
Dear Bruce* 
Here *8 one little aatter apart tr<m everjrthing else. It eon- 
eerns Mustique and the inforaation we MSQr have picked up there* 
®ie enelcsed letter tells you all I know at this ti»e. 
We have finally gotten around to sorting the speciaens coUeeted. 
There are about % soil sffli^jles all told* This day I have witten Mr. 
M.e E. Wolf, I, I. do Pont de Seaours A Co., Wtladngton, Del., asking 
if he will undertake the saa^les for biotic assay and wentioning that 
perhaps six of the» in part should be cheaicaHy analysed in order to 
^teraine nature of the soil* This you way want to see done if 
you are still interested in that island. Wien I hear fros Ifelf that 
he will take on the smples will be tine enough to talk of the mtter 
of the analyses perhaps throu^ some of your contacts with that 
activity of the firm* Apy information giv «3 Kr. Iteim should come 
frm you* I have so written him (carbon hei%with), fou once men- 
tioned that a friend of yours had asked about Bastique* Could it 
possibly have been Beim? If you care to pass on anything to 
Beim, I would be h^py to have you do so direct than to relay it 
through me* 
Mo word as yet from the Tahiti Kuseum re charter yachts. I 
motioned the matter to Da*. G. ?. Schroeder, director of the San 
Diego Zoo and got the following in reply* ^ne of our Board i^abacs, 
Hr. Jbhn Scri|^s, has a rather large boat— two masted ketch, approxi- 
mately 90 feet long with an approximate twenty-foot beam. I ui^er- 
stand that he placed seoind in the Tahiti Ischt race uhich Is alrea^ 
concluded, le is ea^ected back in September. lou know that Mlton 
Wegeforth is a yachtsman and has been CowKidtore of the local club, 
but his is a small boat. ft*. Albert Eugene frepte, anothop a@aber 
of our ^ard, is also a yachtsman and has a larger boat but I don't 
believe it l^ge enough to aceomw>date your group* In aiy event, I 
am sending your letter to Mlton Wegeforth, our President and Ik* 
Barry’s eldest son, and I am sure he will write you separately* 
Hope this does sate ^>od*^ 
I have not yet heard from Wegeforth and in any event was not 
looking for a dharter possibility firim the States out. Is with 
Eggleston (a cojsy of ifcose book I had sent you) it might be in order 
to go to the Islands and tal^ one’s chances on securing a suitable 
“boat* or else fall back on the inter-island craft and freighters. 
People do get around down there if only for trade and copra* 
