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I suggeso ohaw you ship your equipiaenf fo us here in 
" juso as saon as you like^.f'or us oo soore uni>il required 
placed aboard UTREELAffCE when ohe crurse before yours 
ai- An'tigua. j sugges'c also ohao. we purchase on your 
such simple and ordinary ohings like Galv iron lubs e oo. 
xd afso purchase ohe local kind of fish orap and have 
le aboara. 
^ Regarding itinerary, i nooe.ohao you have been vhinking 
of soaroing av 50 fhoEtas and ending ao Barbados or X'rxnidad. 
we are very willing 00 fall in 7/ioh your wishes 00 ohc full buti 
if oravelling in ohis direction you will all the time pe fi/jh'tinfi: 
the prevailing irade wind and seas. s S 
I feel sure thao from every angle it v/ould be best to 
reverse your direction and to soar't ao x'rinxdad(paniJ[ S'^op'^ 
and follow the traae winds rather than fight them, besides which 
you would have the wind gauge of all .he islands except Barbados 
and iobago, and as a consequence have more oime to visit more 
islands and places, ihere is also another consideration 
preelance ends her previous cruise at either Grenada or Xrinidad 
and it would .ake about 8 aays to cover ohe distance to return 
her 00 St xhomas and before she could be ready for you which 
v.'ould mean a much later s.art, ’ 
St xhomas would be a good place 00 end as there 
are daily flights to san juan and jj^ew york. i think 
Freight for your collected specimens would be much 
in bij-rn ^ itinerary would ohen bring you all up the islands 
need be ^nnihi visiting all ohe out-of-.he way ones, and there 
Lq ■ hmg set, ;)us t go-as-you release much depending on your 
Xe GrenaLnefSoSd'^r 
"na ““sisoing of may small islands 
-na cays from wnere a small wHals fishing industry is carried on. 
we xrequentay run into schools of whales in this rtcinity and 
r«fs in f®'’ “"1 Horseshoe 
Tslpnds vnn ' tfng Spot. 1^6 could take you to all the 
islands you nave mentionea and have been to .hem all exceot 
arf w??- Tn ciifficult of access except on a calm dayf but we 
^ everything once. Barbuda we know very well 
^ ndeed 7<l:x.ere .iiere_ is much fishing and siiooting e oc . st Barts 
landed ''a^^qombfero^^i We have never 
di?ft?„f. IS way out m .he open and probably 
be the case uiti? very calm weather which would not 
probabiv tinu n, summer, but i. may be possible end we could 
probctbiy find ouo sotne.hing about i. between now and ohen. 
