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Nov^ber 2 0, 1933* 
Mr* Waldo L* Sd'imitt, 
TJnited States National Museum, 
Wash ing t on, D . C • 
Dear Mr* Schmitt: 
I have your letter of November l3th, and was very glad 
to obtain the various details ^ndtb reference to possible men who might 
be in a position to go south* The Captain has requested that I write 
you and authorize ycu to notify the three men whom you think most 
desirable. From yoiir description of them, I am sure that they will 
make a wonderful team, that they will be able to do a great deal for 
themselves and for their universities, and at the same time that they 
will be most interesting companions and will add greatly to our 
personal knowledge of the subject in which they are most Interested. 
As you say, it should make a wonderful team, probably one of the best 
ever gotten together on a similar subject. Will you kindly contact 
them air-mail, advising that we will leave about December 30th? You 
might tell them the facilities which are on board in which they might 
be interested, asking them what, if any, additional items should be 
provided, and to get in touch wi th me direct or through you, advising 
the amount of baggage in the way of equipment which they will have. 
You might also request that they let me know how they wish to collect 
specimens. This, in order that I may be able to figure, far in advance 
of leaving, on the ship’s routine* 
Coming back to the dredging idea, I have not built as 
yet the oyster dredge, as you anticipate, but have built tv/o other 
of a type very much simpler, and which, so far as I can see, bring up 
the same material with much less effort and much less cost of construc- 
tion. It is of about the same size and is the type described in the 
book ^Science of the Sea” as being the most satisfactory dredge. Simply 
two blades set at aboiit thirty degrees apart, 2-^ feet long, with a 
heavy cord netting back of them, lined with the same netting used in 
the oyster dredge. A large iron bale completes the item, and thorough 
galvanizing prevents rusting of the netting. Think you will like it. 
However, if you prefer the oyster dredge, we will make them if we can 
find a suitable ring and links. 
Kindly acknowledge this letter by air-mail, and bring 
up any new things which you might think of. 
Yours very truly,^f 
