i'br collectiiig la&rine plioits. Dr. Taylor 4 d.ll be bringing so-called 
driers- — bandies ol' blotters and corrugated papers — which he traspaiGs over mi 
electric heater. Of these he night have a couple. You can furnish all kinds 
of current, .1 laiow, but in this connection please let rae axiom wiiich type current 
you could most conveniently supply, fhe neeessaxy heaters can be adapted to 
your current, either alteKurbing or direct voltage. Dr. Tay3-or*s outfit would 
be boxed laueh as mine was and sliould not run over three or four bo»es, or 
psriu-ips six boxes of three cubic feet y-ach. Judging froia sy om, they would 
weigh coasidei-ably less tiian a thousand pounas. 
.iauter and I'raser will have analler kies, certainly no greater. 
Asiae from his personal beloagings, Man ter carries two or three boxes contain- 
ing micro scope, vials, a few instranieats, some reagiuitg, and books for re-ference^ 
Dr. Frsser will probably bring some bottles and viais for his things. Hy 
outfit last year x-aa to fifteen hundred pounds in about ten boxes, bub you 
sill recall th&t I was able to get just about sill of it in that cox*ner of the 
after boat deck. 
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iree wotk tables siin.ilar 'to the one you built Tor I)r* Wegoforth laat 
year be needed^ in addition to r and table apace- in the upper wind- 
break* If you haira liraber at hand^ they could be constraetea after each 
cari*s oarticular xioeda in this direction can be aaeertoineci* Tiivicr^a boxaa 
and .mine 5»uld neec a piece of cmivas, &e last year, u:>, protect ti,ra against 
any unexpected precipitatiox*, espfscially if a x-aia should occur in some one 
of ti'ie ports of call 
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ba.Tc anay^h covers oi tiiis sort on boara, 
I mulu cippreciate having four gaivaniEaa tubs— or two^ if last year* 3 
are atiil aervloeable and a^’aiiable on boar 
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over nna Deyona wnttt the deck xoi-ce -sili require. Th about two 
or three apiece for ohe collectors* T-aylor will want about four for hiaoelf* 
Alao^ if you can have aoae bottles on, hand and several liYe-pound bottles of 
foraaltn as you aid last year^ it woulo be a great coiiTeaienee* It roula be 
most reassuring to nnow that in ease of necessity we could araw upon you for 
3.oae of them should the collecta-.-na laacle exliaust our omi supply of containers, 
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I did have to draw on you for sevcrcil do am and some formalin list ye^ir, 
The dredges you described are of an approved ana aerviceable pati*.em 
and, aa you will no doubt haul better md ifith less expenditure of energy 
than U'lose oyster dredges* you probably will not need to construct any of 
that pattern, but some iron from which to fabricate a few mare of your pattern 
might come in hmdy in case of loss* 
If convenient, it might be worth while to fit up a little sinh in 
the right hand comer of the uopor wind bre^kk* This would need to be but a 
square tray or a receptacle of table height, over which a valve or spigot could 
be placea, and connected by msFuis of -short extension to the present fresh- 
water line now in that comer. For a arain, just a .uece of garaen hose hooked 
up to the drain of auch a sink would suffice ana, if long enough, could lie 
across the deck to the nejcrest scupper when in use* Tl'ius, it would do away 
