With this I am sending you some rather sorappy jottings 
that I made as the result of talking to various people acquainted 
with that earlier venture. I talked to Pete Martin, to Brown, the 
watchman at Alitak, to the engineer on the Tondeleyo , who knew 
Kelson quite well, and had acoess to some notes or Jim Slaughter’s, 
and so here and there got together what you will find on the six pages 
of longhand enolosed. Prom this material Wallace could put together 
quite a story. I do think it should be written up. Hot only do the 
people who undertook it deserve considerable credit for venturing into 
what was at that tine an unknown field, but their experiences should 
be set forth in as much detail as possible as a guide for other 
modest outfits. It will give them some idea of what they are up 
against. 
Into this historical chapter, for I suppose it should be 
such a chapter of your larger report, authored by Wallace, could be 
run suoh of his original discoveries as he nay be able to use without 
conflict with the larger report on the biology, growth, etc. of the 
crab itself. One thing in particular on which he probably had less 
conclusive data than you have is the natter of average sise of crabs 
taken in the two principal types of gear used, the tangle nets as 
opposed to the otter trawls. My impression from Kelson’s own account 
of the operations of their homa-made otter trawl was that except for 
a catch or two it was not very successful. 
I am putting in an extra carbon of this letter so that Mar- 
vin may have it as an answer in a measure to Ids letter to me of 
October 2£th« I am so glad that you folks are consulting with Marvey 
lioMillln* Along with Halter Weymouth, he is the best equipped nan to 
help you when it comes to working up the measurements into usable form 
The baby orabs should have left her® long ago. Various 
things have intervened. The packing of them was started yesterday 
afternoon about the time that Marvin ’ s letter arrived, and I expect 
it to be completed this week. If at all possible, the expressman 
will get the shipment not later than Saturday. It will include the 
few stomachs and stomach samples that I had, which should be exam- 
ined by some one, perhaps Pat, who should save the separations that 
h© makes, properly ticketed, so that if any question arises as to the 
identification of any of the material it can be checked* 
Also, there are the various egg samples that Pat preserved 
on the first cruise. If it is possible, the ripeness of these should 
be determined. It is probably a histologic job, but one that Pat 
could put -through with Uhivers Ity equipment. 
Along with the baby crabs are all the little specimens tliat 
we got on the first cruise. I would like to have them all returned 
when Marvin's measurements of them are complete, together with the 
measurements of the very tiny orabs in the little bottles and vials. 
