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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 
WASHINGTON, D, C* 
November 25, 1940 . 
Dr. Waldo L. Schmitt, 
c/o Bureau of Fisheries, 
2725 Montlake Boulevard, 
Seattle, Washington# 
Dear Waldo : 
I have before me your letter of November 2 to Dr. Wetmore 
and also one of the same date to me personally. 
First off, the number assigned to the accession of your 
specimens from this trip will be 157371* Second, I am enclosing 
the requested bill of lading and usual reply envelope for trans- 
mitting the white copy to us #ien the shipment is made. 
We are sorry to learn that the search for the King crab 
did not orove as successful as your collecting of specimens in 
general for the Museum. From what you say concerning the -present 
status of your containers, the Museum collections must be quite 
extensive and interesting* 
You will of course realize from this that Dr. Wetmore 
is still in Costa Rica. He is exoected home about the third or 
fourth of December so will beat you here by several days# 
'There is little in the way of news# I regret to say 
that Denmark is apparently desoerately ill and I was told Friday 
that he had given uo any oersonal interest in recovery and that it 
was entirely uo to the doctors now. I understand they had to stoo 
the radium treatments because they were so weakening that he could 
not stand it. 
Herwil Bryant radios that he hopes to get some good 
collections although apparently he does not have much stuff on 
hard. Has some living specimens for the zoo I believe and of 
course a number of invertebrates for us. 'The North Star is due 
to leave Seattle on the tenth of December on the first leg of 
the trio to bring the oarty home* 'The Bar has already sailed. 
