Dear Dr. Schiaitt; 
December 26, 195S 
I am enclosing the list of stations and specimens extracted from 
John's paper; also the list of crabs compiled by Miss Rathb\in. I shall send 
the complete copies of John's paper to Panama in a, day or two. 
1 called Dr. Wetmore about the birds. He said that your trip would 
be so extended that he thought he "would not bother" to make any special list; 
that anything you might get would be veiy welcome. Then I called Dr. Friedmann, 
who said that he is not parti c;iLarly interested in skins, but will be glad to 
have any , skeletons and alcoholic specimens which you may get. 
A card came from the library this morning asking for the return of 
"The Last Cruise of the Carnegie." YQu've taxen it with you, haven't you? 
?<aldo 7/as down this morning, brought your note and got some slides 
and cover glasses for his ne?/ microscope. 
You got out just in time. It began snowing in the night last night 
and turned to rain this morning. It was snowing when I left the house, but 
before I reached the office it was raining hard. I hadn't taken an umbrella 
and was too Scotch to take a street car after I had walked half way, so I got 
soaked. It is colder than it has been for some time, and generally rather 
lonpleasant. 
Three letters came from Mr. Swett this morning, but I don't think 
it is necessary to send them on to you. One was to teUL you that the photographs 
had been sent; another asked about declaring the film when you leave the 
country, which you have already answered; and the third which was longer 
commented on various paragraphs of your recent letters to him. It is dated 
December 18, and perhaps he can show you a copy if you want to see it. There 
really isn't much in it. He lists the following dip nets which are on board, 
and asks if the quantities are sufficient: 
5 dip nets S/4" mesh, graduated to 3/16" 
2 n tt pit II It II 1/411. 
1 dip net 1-1/2" mesh, " " 1". 
A letter from Mrs. Belle J. EenclfLey of the San Diego Zoological 
Society premises that you shall have the next seal that dies, which, she says, 
"God forbid." She hopes to see you while you are in the v/est. I shall reply 
to her letter and thank her. 
Captain Iselin, of the Atlantis, writes to say that, "I find that 
we can vary the speed [of hoisting] between about 60 and 200 feet per minute. 
It might be convenient to have an even lower minimum speed for some types of 
work, but so far we have gotten along nicely with the above range." 
A letter from Dr. Brooks about thenaographs comes too late to do 
you a^y more gooo. He suggested that you try the Coast Guard. 
