Valparaiso 
20th Decei];iber 1927 
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Dr -(ii'aldo L Schmidtt 
Curator of Marine Invertebrates 
Smtihsonian Inatltution 
V/ashington D.C . 
Dear Dr Schmitt. 
Your favour of the October received O.K. and 
in reply thereto, beg to inform you that mye efforts have not met 
with much success. All the views obtainable are copyrii^t, and 
those private ones are difficult to get hold of, however the P.S.N.C. 
gave me one of their vessel in Cumberland Bay which is quite a good 
Photo. 
I have asked ray assistant if he could get me some prints, but 
his friends have all small ones, which are not suitable for your 
article. 
I naturally regret that my mission has not been successful 
but as you will understand it is through no fault of mtoe, am however 
asking some friends of mine who are going to Juan Fernandez this 
Christmas to take some good photos, and to let me have a few of their 
prints, and in case they get some which will be s\iitable for reproduccion 
will forward them, so as to make a basis for a further article at some 
future date. 
I sincerely thank you for all your kind wishes, which are 
reciprocated both by my assistant Orchard, as well as myself. Trusting 
you are in the best of health, and that some future date will bring 
us together. Mr Doniez wishes to be kindly remembered to you and also 
thanks you for the regards sent. 
Kind regerda and wishing you all the good you wish yourself 
in the forthcoming year, 
I remain ■ 
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