cat&. Mot that I c&u particxilarly spai'e the tiiae ayeel£ to attead to it, but 
I do believe that John and Fred cid. get a very good series of water samples 
for srans-iittal to that laetitution. Data thus obtained rsay px-ove very 
Valuable in future aiscussions of tiie anim:! distribution. This is also true 
of the bottom samples. That phase of your operations when taking soundings 
snoixlci be continuso., txxougn x icno^' X oo not need to aisixti^’n i.t, iox ijhdt 
little operation fitted in so nicely with the regiilar i-outiae and will in the 
long run repay any expedition in a scientific way for the tiae and effort 
expended. 
As tile tiae grows siiort, our things will be sent express prepale. 
The express company surely mj-ties airect oelivery to the ship, Di“, Tayloi' and 
I will* have tlie'':aost buiiiy loads. Will there be sufficient crew aboard to get 
our tilings from the dock on to tiie ship? If xiot, would you prefer to have ther 
delivered to the warehouse which I believe you hav€3 near by? On board they 
would need to be covered with a piece of canvas if you are having occasional 
rains in Los Mgeles at tiiis tiae. 
I CO not know Just when we shall arrive in Loir Angeles, Di's, T&ylor 
cUid Friiscr will cose- separately, but I shall try to sseet up with Di', Manter. 
However, I sho'uld judge that we will be there at least two. days before aailing, 
la this casfi, would, it be agx’oeebie if I were to tell Drs. Fraser, a&iter, and 
Taylor that tney could go cirect to the sliip auc there fine the roomtS that vdll 
be &ssi.gaed to them? Di stances, you ..inow, are great in Los Angeles, and if they 
v»;ere to come airect to tiie they coula cheke over their partieuiar Kits 
and be in a botter position to secure wliat else tdey migiit iieed up to?® than 
ix tney xxx’st wc-ut to a no ud, oiiou.i.ci tiiCp come ouixlex tnen thc:.t, however, X 
will direct th-sa to seem hotel aceoinmodations, for I .lUiow it woula not be right 
to upset the ship’s oreseat routine sore than a day or two in advance of sailing 
Please do not hesitate to let rae snow your particular wishes in tiiis regard. 
Last year, as you will recall, I Joiaea the ship at Paiiciiria after ail the 
prelinAiaries of the first sailing had been gone through with and tlie X'outine 
was rimniiig along in the usual well-oiled mamier, and so ao not Know your 
custom curing the feu days preceding aep&rture from San Pedx*o. I take it that 
you are stxll iioicxrng to tho cO th as the apj.-xoxxm^A. te dcitc of saxlxn^, 
la my sevei*al letters to Drs. Fraser, Mant&r, i-ind Taylor, I have aacea 
them to say little or nothing about the trip, as I wished to keep the prepara- 
tions quiet as you aesired, and because I eld not want anything that mighty 
aiinoy you or GaptajLn liancocic to get out to the geixcial press, my xcdxng Xis 
that whatever press releases sore to be given out should origin^.ite at your end 
of the expedition. This will in a measure explain the last few words in the 
letters of Dr. iraser ana Br. ksmter. 
Dr*, ''ianter, by the way, will be travelling ag a coll&boi*ator of the 
Gfiraegie lastitation, or if you should prefer, as a representative of the 
Institution, lie has been studying the trematode fauna of the Asa st co.:,st of 
the United States and tiie Gulf of Mexico imaer their auspices, eaia tiiat^is why 
he has so jauch of scientific interest to gain by tuiking comparable stucies on 
tine I'iiiXna on the west coast of the ikSieric-as, quite a number of tne ixshes oi 
the one coast are very closely rel&tea to Uioee on the ouh-sr, ana a stuay of 
UAe host-pai'asixe relations of the species on both coasts sho'uld be quite 
illuminating. 
