to Cc.rry and that he ®ill p'urcb&se it in Los Angeles if necessary. At Las 
tiiae I rfiight alao mention that he could use about 100 pounas of newspapers, 
he uses tiies for iiis algae and soiolc also bcj prepared to purchase tii©!i ia Los 
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_eles, unless it is convenient for you to havs thcaa brought aboara. They 
c.:..n usually be secured froa cuiy publishing office as retui-ns from dealers, 
1 have already aentiched pails to you, Taylor mentions la a rece-ut 
letter U'iat he eouid use six of about k.-gailon capaelty efc.ch, as sell &'s Z'^to 
large, cheap graae, wiiite enamel dishpans, a fui'ther bit of special gear that 
Xuylox cculw d. so tnou^n is a little bulKy unci tro'u.bl 0 so.ue, is s. 
so-called plant drier. This is constructed of a fair|:y heavy guage of galvanised 
iron liKe nis aseteh 'sviiich I enclo-se. I aa hoping tliat you may be .sble to 
ax'range to have this coasti-ucted on boai-d for hia. This will answer the ffiatter 
of cun-eut about whicii 1 wrote you ia ay 1.- st letter-, .lou will see the type 
of i.ieatiiig luil'cs taut will be iieededj Tayldr suggest . a cou^jle of extras 
woidd be aesix*uble. It is, in short, a ractangulur tin box with notches cut in 
tiie lower edges, as shown, for air. In the top of this he hangs his plant press— 
a strapped buxidle of blotters, papers with plants fmd' so-called ventilators, or 
corrugated board, betwem. He will funish these himself. The best place for 
tiij. s plant drier night 00 on tne engine x'oOiii gx-ating on a level wi't^ tiie upper* 
decl, near to or like the bird drier that Jolm Garth used l&st yearj that is, if 
' 'lei’e is space to spare there. 
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Offhfoid, Bi-. Taylor thini'Cs that his equipmmt will weigh ■ around 
■00 pomas ana perhaps occupy 100 ft. '.of space in bhree packing boxes. I i 
■f/ritt^i hisS to so© tha't tiiey are stiugly p.ack6d, say.ing that ti^ey sill be stored 
on aecx and covered hy a canvas. This Is is oadnition to a 'Saall navy and army 
tr.nix in which he carries hie persantl belongings ana smaller ge.%:r. lie asks 
for particular shipping directions, lould c&re of the y&cht. Terminal Island 
be sufficieaat? I do not seem to have the aock nuaber ia sy possession. It 
might ba xrolpfui if you would let ae have it. I aat writing Ir. f ay lor about 
y-hotograpiis tixat he may find desirable. I feel tliat some of the tpeci:xl and 
x*are algae photographed on boai’d as you did Crustacea Ic si year would be* very 
useful to hlB in the repjort that he Hill wx-ite on the^ collections. But more 
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So far as I iCaow, neither to* Man ter nor Dr* Fraser -will need any 
apparatus* lanterns neeas in the of speeiaens^ that, is fishes^ I 
have alre-Loy suggested to you* In Uiia connection^ I hope toat Carl may have a 
xew traps along and also have some time ia which ha might be able 'to catch 
C’-wx-cil i i all XGk li; * iiaiitwi*ji H wh tnat /soulo, no t be tciae/i exther by sexniiig 
or tx''oiling* .1 have written each of them regarding cooe addresses* 
In connection with the wireless letters^. I shall ask tiie Inoti'tution 
to arrange with the aavy for a free acceptance of wiiatever messages I -may Bi^id 
to hr* hatoore* lou will remomber tliat they were a- little reluctant to take 
me 0X1 last year* It woula be a fine tiling if you could maite arrangements to 
aeep in touch with some of the amateura* Though they cannot be paio^^ I aia sure 
we coula re.imburse 'them foi* the postage they expeid in transmitting messages* 
j. t is x*atii'ci a co-miciciexice tn&t iamong Bome loafuets 1 I] ll df received from 
Conauxers Research, Inc* , there is one by an am.^s.teur raaio op-eratoi-" w.hich will 
be of some ixitereat to you* You are welcome to the leaflet* 
