Novaabei* S4, 1935 
Dr, Randolph Taylor 
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I did forget io repea-c in isy last letter to you, ti'iough doubtless 
it is Ui'iascess&i’j’, Lhat I should iise ycu to aesp fairly quist abou' 
exooditioxi, parlieularly avoiainq nowsoaDers. by exoerieice las been 
it is the best tidng to let any publicity of that sort «aanete froia the other 
ena, At about tiie tl.oe the eotpedition starts, ho»fs'®?er, I shall ,'Ut a note iu 
Science which will speak f 
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Our BO- C«i* ^ lihii lubor^:..tory warR^ pro 
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ii^e ^/e iiare alwcfya o-oiie an tDci upper a;,rrer boat decD uuder an aarilug epread; 
trere* Ihe weather is usually' epuable and I i-OYe nerer haci any rz'Diible getting 
my TOTiC aone in ihe open* There az‘e no sp^cinl ^o-Cciiled labor^^iory' rooma 
on the ship, bui/ you will noi, miss such acconnouation* Who.t special work you 
caiuioo do in your room cmi be omie ou aecUj and uli.ex'o a table to .aeet your 
wisi.aB W-^li be builu for ycu 'by che carpeiitaxu Besides, whm reach tropic’^' 
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sail prcifer to s'Oi'k; on dec-i ratlisr cinixi uiiaer. 
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One further "Wrd as to clothes. I aid b-ike a;/ dinner Jacicet last \ 
year, but used it only once when we had the admiral in charge of naval opera- 
tions there aboard for dinner at Piuiama, 
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Just yesteraay I piciced up a magazine and ^saw an account of a so-ballea 
Darwin heaorial cruise wiiich win ¥isit the Gitlapagos and various points oni the 
coast of South ^meiuca, a two year cruise* Among the personnel waa listedotiie 
possibility of a Mr* Archer accompanying the cruj,se as botanist* Be was s^d 
to be from Michigan* Siat ao you Know about it? 
Of course, you will know from ay previous latter that the trip is , 
to be alonr the weBt coast ana not the east* That a mistake in the letter 
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of yeBtero.ay* . 
I shall send you further details regarding my leaving Washington at'"' 
a later date* I almost ImaRlne that we woula take the Union Pacific out of 
