1 /a.rch 10 1 1941 
Mr. Bari OiiatJi* 
iUaskan Glaciei* om Food Co, 
P, 0, Box 120 
Petar 0 bui*g, iilaska 
Dear Mr. Ohaar* 
Thanlcs for that good letter of yotirs isfritten on the holi- 
day, P©bruai*y 22n<i, I laissed going on that trip more than they 
missed la®, I would like to haTe seen you again and talked with j'ou 
some nor® about the kiri" arabs, fhat record that you haw® sent m© 
is the real thing, end I hops thftt you will bs able to continue it, 
at least until the first of Jul'r, That i3 when the inrostlFation 
officially ends. If 'wb f.T.nt further infonaaticn beyond that date I 
shall be writinr you again. 
Yos, I was anxious to have tlio Dorothy do some scouting 
around in your ncigliborhood and in th© various'" bays from ^diich your 
shrlaip fishoraon have brought 2 >'ou spaoiGens, It laight b® that on© 
could prove up a nio© pocket of thwn somewhere, I hop© that the 
Dorothy or om of the other tosssIs which left Seattle on the 20th 
will" "se^ out orab pots in the vioinities where crabs have been piokod 
up to see teow they work. Pots are the means of capture employed by- 
Harvey lloMlllin at his Seldovia oaruiery. 
You will be seeing one or the other of the expedition’s 
vessels on idle way bade because they are supposed, to look In some- 
where along the line In midsummer. That is when crabs are supposed 
■fco be more plentiful than they are dutlng the winter months. This 
also will make the records you keep doubly valuable to us. They 
surely will give some indioatlon as to the fluctuation in numbers of 
crabs during the different aceithe of the year* Thanks again for the 
infomatlon you have gotten tsogether for us* It is really valuable 
stuff. 
Best ever to you and yours and Fred Porter, too* 
Sinoerely, 
Waldo L. Schmitt, Curator, 
Division of lairine Invertebrates* 
WLSsOio 
