I have Just recently returned from Ecuador and if conditions 
there are any criterion, most slims sdio have gone there seeking work 
are in i-ather desperate circumstances. Ho md of men, both German and 
toerican, importuned me for an opportunity to return to the States with 
me, or evm to Panama^ thinking that th^ coiild sooner better their con- 
ditions there than where they were. If you plan to go to Juan Fernandes 
I should certainly await more prosperous times. 
Very truly yours. 
ILSsLMe 
Waldo L, Schmitt, Curator, 
Division of Marine Invertebrates, 
