evening before each daj*s operations. I tf«:e it tliat sie can have Joiai 
type this a,-,aii'i. 
Referring back agfixa to the eiatter of a sraidl dredge table. If 
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su3peno,eu over the siae, if that is feasible 
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be kept ary. If it tjoes nest a’oik out satisfactorily ■ with 
regard to the spilling of rauek inm the boat, 
raaterial on board as we aid last yeeor. 
»e r#ill hfuiole the dreaged 
I particulai'ly appreciate your uiadness in letting the invited 
scierrtifie mriters come directly to the siiip. I £now it will solve & 
great laauy of our probleas if we Cfui sas-et there arid avedd seeking hotel 
aecomodetioue up town for the last tso a&ys before departure. You find 
Capt&ia Bancocii are certainly giod to fill of us. 
Containers *111 bs fui'aished by the visiting scientists, and 
m thi a case I wrlx be provxdxng px'ac txcally all of thens, mclUGxng 
fiicohol, I shall either have ssith ae one drum of filcohol, or else an 
order on a MiCfry Quarteraaster for one, and perhaps two in case you may 
«mt ii secona crsim for yourself, la either case, they ‘*111 be billed to 
the Smithsoaian Institution, The Bavy informally, over the telephone, 
tells us that it s/o^oid be perhaps sore conveuie-at for then if me picked 
this alcohol up iu Seal Diego, On your- behalf, I taiie it tliat tliis is out 
of order. One druii could be shipped to as from ban IranciEco, and the 
other picked up in Panama shoflld ws aeed a seconci one 
lours aad Gapuiia Haucoek^s wishes are parasiount in the matter 
of publication^ That is one matter that I am aozicuo to diaeuse witli jou 
situation that muat soon 
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be faced as reports ca varioiis phases of the txp-, ditioae eone in for 
P mlr eu . h a iiiai e*^xy , s-OiLie mifeanfi eu guHiO‘.utXan null bo, 
in ay opinion, the beet, for, in that cage, competent e-ciit-crial euper- 
visioa will be fissured, as well as soet suitable and dignified channels 
for aistrabution to properly accrediteid sciexitific institutions and indi- 
viduals. I m bringiag a few' s&Tiples of publications, with data &s to 
cost from which it will be possible to figure quits closely ifhat wi,ll be 
involved in undertaicing the publication, of I'osults, 
' It is to be hoped that we may be able to make the several sound- 
ing lines that have been suggested. Unless thei*e is some Mtch in gettin. 
tiie.i'upp&r&tus together, I willl have every thing suitable for that purpose 
wiX ihe exception of the necessary cabla. Your cable that you had on 
bo&i-d the V el ex*o . which you say sill not be used for la^inch dredging, is 
eifiriently suitoble for that purpose. I do not resc-ill the length of it at 
|his time. The longer, the better. liow-a-aays, the liavy has been using 
/k>“CifLled airplane cox'd for this purpose. It is a gfilvanised stranded 
/'cable of aaiasing strength. As it may be of some interest to you, I am 
getting sp€iCifications. 
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The Witter bottles ma therffiometei's that I sill be bringing ai'e 
la the nature of expendable property ana there will be no I’esponsibility 
