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Swett 
705 Hollywood Security 
Hollywood, CelliOi’nia. 
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Dear dr. Swetts 
e acceptiuices oi Di'» iraser tuid Dr. Mantc^r are both now in hand. 
These I a^a forwarding bo you, along witii aiiother leeoar fi’oa each of thesa. I 
ro'uiG have sent Dr. Iraser's leti^ers sooner, but I aelayed a bit, feeling tluit 
a be Jiloiig any day. I aia glad that this phase of the expedition 
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is settled 
I sxiall endavor to include In ray outfit the bottles ajid vials that 
Lr» Fraser speaKs of for his use. Re aentioas dipnets. If convenient, a few 
extra, especially soae of fine mesh that would seep a jellyfisi:! fi-oa aelting 
through, wo'old be aiost useful, la txiis connectio.n, too, a few extra water 
glasses would come in very hanay, I left my old oumbersoiae wooaen one on the 
ship, but it wasn't worth much snu perhaps has since been ciiacnraeo.. The 
three of us raight want at least one apiece when sorting in shoal -water ana 
along shore. 
Otherwise, it seeras as though you have provioed about everytiiiag 
necessaiy, A so-called dreage table, if one coula be ixarixnvised foi* use on 
the lauiich 'tliat is dredging, ‘aij^ht pi'ova useful. Dredgea uaterisfl, if it 
contains conBidex’&ble aua and xaad, cm be w'orx*ocl through in tubs as I did 
last year, but Borne littlQ arr&rigemeat of too or three sieves that could be 
hinad or bracuceted over the aicie of the l&’onch would facilitate washing through 
the arscked natarial as it coses up and before it is brought aboard, I do 
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not taiaa it would neea to be very lai'ge — S ft. long by £ ft. viiae, 
2 ft* long by 18 inches wiae vraulG be better because it would not be so much 
in the t»ay. The satcritil could be sashed do?ffi on the sieves with buckets of 
water dipped up over the side. The bottom screen should be quite fine mesh, 
abvUit the size of aoall mesli fly screeri — slightly less than 1/16 inch. The 
upper- screen should be of 1/4 inch aesh. Brass or aonei mctaJ. screen souio be 
trie most aurable. The screens should have & space of about 2 inches or so 
bstween thea. This particular convenience is not absolutely necessary , though 
it is extreufily helpiul when a lot of aredging is done. The skilled raeclranies 
you a..-TX"/ on the V el sro coulo. laaice it en route with little or no trouble. 
Will you be tcuciag water sfsiiiples aj;,&iu for the Scripps Institution, 
as last year? I can well imagine tnat you aid sUj,)i.)ly thera with same very useful 
