THE BELLAIRS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 
OF 
Me GILL UNIVERSITY 
ST*. JAMES 
BARBADOS, B.W.!. 
October 18, 1955 • 
Dr* Waldo L* Schmitt, 
Head Cixrator, Dept* of 2k:>ologj?^, 
Smithsonian Institntion, 
U*3* National Museum/ 
Washington 25, D*C* 
Dear Dr* Schmitt, 
I was veiy interested in yotir recent letter 
concerning fire fly lamps in the West Indies* I have been imable 
to find any record of their use in Barbados* However, the Curator 
of the local Museum has promised to write to friiands on the island 
of Dominica about them* Dominica has still soae old Indian 
settlements and it is possible they may still be in use there* 
I shall -write you, again if I hear anything further. 
Yours verv tiulr. 
John B, Le-wis 
