request to use Uie word “cruiser” in place of “yuciit. " 
I hoj>e that Di*. Vaughan will send us the water sar.ple bottles tiiat 
shoula go edong with us to provioe for the samples tiiat we shoula be saviiw 
for salinity deteminations, .Should tiiere b® soiae hitch or ciol?^ in this regard, 
I am wondering if I couia asK you to pi-oYiae thi-ee or preferably four gross of 
citrate of sagnesia bottles with the necessary rubbers, for, if Vaughan fails 
us, I will not have an opportuiiity to bring theaa from Basiiiagton where I night 
liave borrowed thea in an emergency froa the Bureau of Fisheries. I itnow they 
will be worth their cost in tiae data derived frojs the salinity deterraiaations. 
In a pinch we coulci do without the bottles, because the tempera tui-e readings 
will have coasidarubl© significance nithout tluari, tliough they will be .nore valuable 
if accompanied by data on saliruty. The character of the water and its teapcra- 
ture la a considerable .measure cetemines tne accuracy of sonic aoiinain^s. It 
is data, of tills sort that enables then to Get&rmine the corrective factors that 
should be u^.'-plied to such so'uaoin.g8 ixi the various 
I am leicving Washington on the night of the i4th anc shall go- straight 
through without stopping. Tuis should bring ae to toe sMp a ilt toe late in 
tl.te forenoon ox December iStn. I aTs ti*avfclliag on the Uiiic.-n Pacific, >#:;ich 
svill take ae oix'ect to &hi Pecro or evax I'ers.ruJ. Islaiic., if the bus at the end 
-o 
i^oaa tXiixt Drs# Fraeer eizid xri'll arrive the -saniG rav# Pcrh^-vs I 
Jj T^ 
cm yet arrvirige to tritvel »itli :cexiter* 
the .date of ilia arrival, and I have triea to.iiiipreas 
that on tixe pula o£ being left beliina* 
speuKs of the 19 th aa 
him to be no later than 
t>xi\ cor ely , 
IhS^LilC 
WtHao L* SclHHitt, Curator, 
liviaion oX Marine Invertebrates 
0 5; 
* » w* 
he stamps enclosed are a strictly official reirabareemeiit from 
the editor to cover the air mail postage you experidec in getting those co.ntact 
prints to me. I itin hoping to get at least proof of that little resume^ of last 
year’s trip by the time we get to Faniya. 
