U. S.S. HOUSTON 
il« On tha riorniri/; oi' /i-uGnst 3f I v/ont aut vdth lir. --dans 
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ht by 
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-'■‘diitis • 
frorn 
this 
jk X. 1^5 lx 
‘Av/o species of parasitic copep^ods v^ere 
»!■ i- t'.'fo snull sucker .I'isli fron 
tke previous day, four of tliese rar.oras were 
rcTaoved by th© kreeiaent fro^u sail fiaii lie rad ouit^ut* 
were also ff.,.ved* 
luls 
& 
f/r 
A'Jc) oolxeo'vin-- was undertai.en in the ‘-'anai ^-one* 
kuaos ,aiii stealings were teiten to the tropical station ;.;e; 
tained b;/ tlio .^.issouri Aiotanical ‘Garden at Balboa : or 
WOSKf 
TLe 
or batter fransit hone* 
3.n 
13* kt Old *rovii.ienoe, both shorej calleotirip vind di'tsdging 
v/aa engagsd in* A very rich invertebrate fauna 
■’ r' 4- A. j 
found inhabit 
ing the r’eei’s atout Oatulina Harbor, In rxirkecl Ofmti-o.st to the 
poor spoi’t fishing exporienoed at tirlo stop* 
14* Again u v/iah to eorpress lay sincere apprecuation to 
you, tir* * resident, for tko oppox'tunity arforded ..Ti as u rexjx’eaen 
tatlve of the halthsonian Institute for ^.aHlng collections of 
various aorts at tha var,lous places you visltou during tlue 
pi'osent citiise* It has been soleiitif Ic^iily a ve.rv wortis.hiie 
trip* ’Hie real vtdue of the collections oann,ot be fully realised 
until all the "lateritde oileoted L.ava been studied and reported 
upon* A amaber of rtire and oeido.c taken wishes v^er© obtained 
for til© Hatiaaal coiiections* Asiorig these l ay be ■■ajationed the 
southern jBi.=.rracud£i, the ti..r©adiin baas, and •vd-JioOa 
15* *.^or©over, all the Galapagos coliections are of 
eapooiai iiitei'est to us a-s they vv'ere ii^nde at a of yeur ^^hen 
islands have- seldoa, been visited by aciimtitic expeaitions* 
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uo* 
I m also ifidebted to the- officers and cim' o 
4' ■^r-! 
Houston for their generoufj said unfailirit’ at all tHies* 
hespeotfuily, 
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