Deceabsr 21, 19£5 
Mr 
W 
H. Clias. Swett 
Hollywood Security Building 
6S81 liollywooa Boulevajfd 
Hollywood, Caliioraia 
Dear 
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Sefett: 
illy outfit, Hhich irxcludes, insofai* as I huYe beeo able to provide 
bottles for the other scientists accompiuiying the present expedition, 
leit beaneeday for the Velero by express. It is a rather for.aidable consi^- 
aent, twenty articles in all, and weighing a little in excess of 1900 pounds, 
for by tlie reaiiced bulx of the o trier 
:se;abex's of the party ana thus wiii, I trust, not unc.uiy crowd the sp;-ice avail- 
able for its storage on the after boat cacic. the box of booics, as last year, 
X to 1,11 w t»-,-.xl an txia closti^i# ox tiio rooni tiictt will be nssxgxieci to Xn ■ o,' 
adaitron;! tii'^xa^ xs one other crate on a aecoaa bill of lading fiitieh contains . 
uie reveraxag :netul water bottles. These were cielivered to me by the Mavy 
too late to include in the earlier senainix. 
*iy uaderstaiidlmig i a that all of these packages will be aeliverea 'to 
the Valero by the express company* I aStii afraid it will involve con aid arable 
labor in getting them aboard^ but the crew can no doubt readly acco.Tgjlish 
tiiis if 'there is not too- much other paraphernalia to be gotten aboard at the 
BBMB tioO* 
ftith respect to 'Uie matter of movie I oo not see any necessity 
lor aeclanng cne aiaouat that we are talcing out* le do not anticipate mj 
difficulty' in bringing thaa bach into the counti'y, and if thex'a is ai'iy^ as I 
have uietitionea, wiiatever we have will be aasiled iii a tight container- or tin and 
shipped to Wf^sliington in bona* I feel rather ooaiident, however, that such 
progeoure will not be iiecessarv* 
Thann you for serioing on the contact priais* I will be only too 
happy to receive additional 8x10* s for my set of pictures of last yearns enpedi- 
lion when.evex" you are at leisure to get titein out* Our editor, in illustratiiig 
the Explorations Paxnphlet account, usea a copy of the group pic'ture that you let 
me have* It is not quite the same one aa published in the Sm Die^o Bulletin, 
but will GO in lieu of it. Economy has cut us aown as 'to apace. I am sorry* 
I couia not use more pietetixce* In oraer that you may see wiiat I am saying in 
connection with the article for wi'ilch the pictures were desired, I ara tending 
you a eo^y* Anotner copy has gone to hx‘* Morgan, ^diO wrote me on December 14 
approv:*.ng the note I wanted to sena to Science* I have taxon heed of his 
