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Janmry 20, 193 6. 
Dr. l^ialdo L. Schmitt, 
United States Kationnl MioseuTn, 
Washington, D. C. 
Dear Dr. Schmitt: 
Regarding your letter of January 11th, I am going 
into the matter carefully and will see if we cannot work a mere 
simple method of handling this . 
T received the clipping of the Museum News and have 
read it with a great deal of interest. 
We are all so glad that you have had a good wirter in 
Washington, but hardly feel that we could enjoy the sleety, icy 
v;eather to which you refer. 
Referring to the last paragraph of your January 2nd 
letter, it does not look very promising for the eclipse trip. 
It is the wrong time of year. It seems quite apps-rent at tnis time 
that we will not make a Galapagos journey this winter. The Gulf 
trip may develop sometime reascnablj^ soon, but so far, the length 
of time' which will be spent in the Gulf is doubtful. In other 
words, we do not know how long we will be away. On account of many 
things -which are in the offing just now it may be wise to keep our 
plans in such shape that we could return at any time without 
inconvemiencing anyone. 
Regarding voiir letter of January 2, I certainly would 
like to see the full colony of albatross on Hood Island. Igunna Cove 
has never appealed to me very strongly on account of the probable 
landing di f ficultie s. 
Cor d iai ly , 
7:CS : H 
Enc. 
