upon. Yes, we were quite •' onmiverous , ” There v/ere also sdx^ unnumbered mis- 
cellaneous collections, 20 soi] samples, some rocks, and several oottom 
samples together with Polynesian skeletal remains (comparatively rare Ww 
National Collections), several long bones, and three, albeit fragmentary skulls. 
A prelimnary count totals over 20,600 specimens of marine invertebrates of 
which better than two-thirds vrere mollusks^ 1600 fish, and a few insects and 
marine algae. \ 
Our airflight home — Teal^Pan American — was speedy, comfortable and I 
might say verging on the luxurious, with Teal ajnphibian via Aitutaki Atoll, 
Apia, Samoa to Suva Fi^i. There we boarded a huge Pan American Constellation 
homeward bound from Australia to San Francisco via Canton Island and Honolulu, 
In Honolulu, Hay Greenfield formerly with us at the Museim and later wi,th the 
Biological Survev in Washington^ and now the Plant Quaranteen stAff there^ 
welcomed us and our live robber crabs ^ and passed us on to Ciistoms* Debarking 
at the San Francisco air port. May 22, 1957 except for returning to Washington 
marked the end of another memorable Smithsonian-Bredin Expedition* We and the 
Institution are deeply gr^ateful to Mr. and Mrs. J, Bruce Bredin of Wilmington, 
Delaware not only for their thoughtfulness and generosity in making the 
expedition possible, but also for suggesting it in the first place* 
