SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
WASHINC^ON 25, D. C. 
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07«r» i@ is astiTsisr sngagsd ia mp tSsa eeOLLss- 
tlons h» mM iM tbs mm’89 tlig sxpoditlcsif Impem 
too !lo!3g to got tiHS ffiLto fUte wll orgaiiisio4. fh&m ms qiiito & 
of miwc|>©so<i fiSrai loft mm* With th®. oirioo <tf ow |iarehas» 
offioor® tMo- ms dtsfosod of locally aai tha ^0?,^ so 
roalisod is isu^a'isd i» t&o hala»@ gimm ahoro . 
Ocfyisg filJt Hill cost Wp a footf for ao iotroicotorj 
mp aad titlo m eaonot yet ftoaish jm m ostlaate* Br* Sehadtt 
ilso suggosts a hriof view ^ smm of the iorhopt Wtrd &£ri.&m 
soolptorM in met Hcmon halls, to tie in tite lostit^ioB irith 
the mpeditioia in tim homing and then & shot at 'Uiie ei 
»m@ of tiM ^cimm Irocght hack and under study* the 
and these ad^tims uiH ostail adkiitioiml charges agaimt 
the J^ind, hat uill in a© deplete it, 
I h^ev© Br» Sc^adti has already nentlonsd i»3m of the 
soientifio rosults to you. legardii^ th® erustacea, shrh^ and 
, collected, Br. ^taoe, mr &am%m of Intwiehrutes, 
SOM interesting remrks. fhese wm uill find 
?hs fish and aaramls ai^ la th© process of being identified, 
hut am Mt yet ready ^ reported upon* fh@ specimens of the 
fomer teooght Imck totaled shout 550f the latter i^mt $3$ 
imlud!^ Am serioi of at Imst 3 species of hats. As you 
kiw, 93 hobtfsi sasgles mre forsirded to |]r. Bale B. Volf of 
your Qrasaelll Ci^mcals BepartMust S^rSjsatnt Station, idi® 
recelt-ed th« on January f • Ve hope that mxm mrtlndiile i»ti* 
Motie he Mcoirwsd fvm ©a® m aore ©f th«a. 
Brs«: ohace, Snith and Sdositt '^dU met gaptain Hohdlson 
in frlM^id on ^a^rch It, sailii^ th© ne^rfc <ky for the irenadineS'j 
Br* 01arke, eho is flying doun as far as Bood^nica, vUl he picked 
up there at the first «^;^rtunlty, and, unlsss m hear £rm you 
to the ©ontj^y, th^ eapect t© renderou® idth jm in Antigua ©a 
or shout April £. Is that the date you ^an to arrim theret 
If later, a Mt more time codd he demoted to islands farther 
smth, if on that date the ertr® tin® eo-^d profitahly 
coUeotlrg ^tm.t the mrlous isltlsh and imtdjsm 
1 m still Bdndful 
St, ®,o«as for "^at visit 
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We are deeply appreciative of the fact ^t you 
Belgian Gong© Si^ditio® peesthle m& mcoessfal. It me very 
