UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 
BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 
ASTROPH YSICAL OBSERVATORY 
NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK 
ALL CORRESPONDENCE 
SHOULD BE ADDRESSED 
TO THE SECRETARY 
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
Was/? i/fy/on, IZS.A. 
NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART 
FREER GALLERY OF ART 
INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES 
INTERNATIONAL CATALOGUE OF 
SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE 
July 28, 1925. 
To the Friends and Correspondents 
of the Smithsonian Institution, 
The hearer of this letter. Dr. Waldo L. Schmitt, Curator 
of ilarine Invertebrates in the U. S. National Iteeum, is visit- 
ing your coxintry for the purpose of making a scientific study 
of the marine fauna of the region. His mission is a purely 
scientific one, the results of which will eventually he incorpo- 
rated in a published report, and any courtesies or facilities 
that you may he able to extend to assist him in the prosecution 
of his studies will he very greatly appreciated by the Smithsonian 
Institution. 
Very respectfully yours. 
i 
Acting Secretary. 
