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letters. Hope you've not been pestered to death, 
I am afraid that all the excitement will seriously interfere 
with scientific work as probably, also, will the women folks. There 
has boen no mention of them in the papers, so far as I am aware. 
State Department sent us a letter re Peruvian courtesies, sub 
ifl milij h mm am stating they had a telegram from American Ambassador at Lima 
as follows: 
"Peruvian Ministry of Marine will grant Valero, 
third, all courtesies except free pilotage. Seals must not be 
molested. Customs free entry not yet granted. Air mail 
letter follows." 
I had been waiting for additional information that might be in 
the air mail letter but it has not yet come so will radio foregoing 
today. State dept’s letter says that on receipt of air mail letter 
they will write to us further on the subject. 
Guess that about winds me up. Have seen your letters that 
have come here. Feil sorry for that stowaway hut of course it 
couldn't be helped. Miss McCain doing trojan work in running things. 
I still address everything to "Dr. Schmitt" so that it goes to her 
first. 
Miller recovered sufficiently to go to Florida to recuperate. 
He is doing so at Museiam's expense,! judge, as we sent him a collect- 
ing outfit. Miss Cochran sails on Janurey 5 for Brazil where she 
is going to do some work for two or three months on frogs. Lutz 
of the Institutt Oswaldo Cruz is behind the matter, I believe. 
Her first trip and of course she is all excitement. Wish we still 
had Miss Brimingham in New York to help her. She'll probably have 
a time with her outfit, particularly in view of the Morro Castle 
disaster. Goes on Munson liner American Legion. 
Have talked with Alvinift^re Fisher's letter and will let her 
see it soon as I can get over. All are well in your housefehld. 
My typing is getting worse and worse so think I'd better 
quit and eat lunch, Hope you can read this and make sense despite 
typogra-^hicel errors. 
Yours as ever, 
