Filed: Bredin Exp .West Indies 
Capt. V.E.B. Nicholson 
0a|it. ?• £. B, »ehols0n 
F. 0# Box 103 
St* Jolm's 
Anti^na , .X * 
D®er 0«pt, li<^^adiif 
Tour lett@r of 2h hao jt 3 ®t been laid on 
MB I %mn on th® point of writing you that Mr, Brodls will jolii'tli# 
»Mp with m m the 12th of Ifcpoh* Ht wHl sp®M that night at the 
Park Hotel and •rf..ll hi prepared to sail on .Harsh 13, m yon 
s«gg«®t«d in jmr ohart^r «sr««@nt* Thaifle jm for the tsepf «iat jm 
tar® sent m» Wc<, Bredla will eontlnne throngh to AstJ^na, jbroii 1^^1101 
h© will reitsiat for a brief i» 0 ri,©d to tar ftade, with the ex^^tatlon of 
re-loiaing ■ the orulse in the tirgin Islands* those detail® 
we ©an work m»t wtei he ©inssdwrd, Hkewls® the stops that we shall 
make hotwen Triisldad and Antlpta. ¥a hop®' to ssakfi ^ Grenaddiws 
and shonld ©all at |lartini<|tt@, and D©«lnioa idier© w® piek up ths 
fourth of the scientific »®®^rr« of our ;^rty. 
It wHl b® a plewnire to sail with ywr s®a. I m. sorry that you 
yourself will not he with us* thaidc^ you for providijig tl» hadkets, 
tubs and fish pots, mA m will trtwt to Indk with regard to the dap- 
nets* ta win oerteihly ht ahl® to pick tfem up sasswhor® if we donH 
oontriTi some for ©urselifss. I m |xr»|»r©d to mfes sudh sdeaacss a® 
Kr. Betaond wty need «i tbs cmise Our final separtn® of 
aecTOBfes, if ascsssaipy can ho haMlM thrc»igh, Washli^toa as was th® 
charier fee* "^th regard to tta talane® of this Charge, oar dislairs- 
1% office yester^y arrangeMUSts t© provide a i^aft sinllar to 
the one sent jm before in pouncte starling, as you then jwsq^ste^, 
payable to the tarth tarlis® and Industrial Sonsaltasts ltd. I wish 
I had gottaa your lett«a* Imt, m Img «s the diwft l»8 
tteoxsgh in pounds sterling, squall t«® the di^Pair cost, I aa 
afraid w® had better let Umt amtter rest m it Is at present. 
I hope too, a® jm Irtiaate, that we »y be pleasantly surpclBed 
when we find that tta aimmge daily cost of extras coee to less 
than year estlMited |lt8 a day. ¥® are not a Iward-drinkli^i cxw. An 
©ccasitaial '♦sniftsu’’* is atait all that wo should want. 
Besides a few tochnieal fish end <nnb books, w© stall tavw wii^ 
us the nawattwe aocouat of the Htiiwersl^ dt Iowa»s eagp»dtti<m in 
i^lch Capt* lichi^son*© picture appeanwl* It should ^ke a Mae eim- 
weswat^n piece* Too «ay after all find that you are related. 
Good Inek and boat wishes. 
Ir^rely, 
¥10 leek 
¥al(ta t* SCtad-tt 
Head Curator 
Dept* af Zoology 
