Professor F» W, Weymouth 
January 10, 1941 
ooours, Ilowover, soa® few grabs must b© preoooioua beoause n& did 
get one or two legs and a oarapao® that seemed to have been recently 
molted* 
Inasmuch as we got so little of real importance in the 
lif© history of the crab we left the young man wiio was my assistant 
in Alltak with a number of orab traps in the hop® that he might 
discover the time of the arrival of the apparently migratory crabs, 
liowhere did w© find thorn in cojaaeroial quantity. The 'sum total 
for the three months was soarcaly S,0CX), la two places we ran 
upon what w® took to be nurseries where crabs of all sises were 
present from two iriohes up to sight aiid nine across tii® carapace, 
I prepared a brief narrative of tl)® cruise for the Departeant of 
Interior which was for publicity purposes. If any of it is published 
I will see that you get a copy or a clipping. 
As long as the two stoinaohs were empty there is no point 
to saving them, but you sight take a look at the stomach of the 
crab that I shall sned on to you when it coses to hand, 
thank you for your card at Ghrislaas time, I got back 
here too late to attend to my own, I hope you will forgive tm» 
Sincerely, 
i'laldo L, Sohaitt, Curator 
Division of Marine Invertebrates 
WLSs/iL 
