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Radio* Yacht Joseph Conrad 
Nineteenth NET. 
U.S.N.M. 
Dr, A, Wetmore , 
U. S, National Museum 
W as hi n gt on , D « C * 
At San Salvador Col iambus first landfall in New World, 
Today both dredging and shore collecting* A number of 
species crustaciens represented with few echinoderms and 
some mollusks, Went diving and dredging in Nassau on 
sixteenth. Have seen no porpoise since between Charleston 
and Miami but gear is all rigged and laid out for instant 
use , In George Manington "The West Indies" page one thirty 
read that in Etang Saline Lake in Haiti two hundred feet 
above sea level porpoise are found. Where is this Lake 
located and is story true, Expect arrive Tortuga night 
of twentieth for day or two before proceeding Cape Haitien, 
All well and going strong. Regards from Mr, Hartford Too 
Schmitt 
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