(7) As heretofore, none of the men in the scientific 
personnel have specific instructions from me. 
They are to be fitted into the team as you and 
Ball wish. 
(8) The Trip C (June) party will be organized for work 
on cliffs and rocky shores. eject to advice from 
you and Ball, I propose to leave at home: Thurs¬ 
ton, Lawrence, Dranga, Wilder, Baker, Jones also 
Schlemmer unless you wish him. The substitutes 
will be Bryan, G. S. Judd, Caum, Cooke, Atkinson, 
Palmer and perhaps Gregory. The July trip can again 
be organized for all sorts of marine work. 
(9) (Private ) Grant sent in a box of bird breasts and 
wings for his wife. I am holding them on the os¬ 
tensible ground that theyneed to be treated at the 
Museum, but really because there is likely to be 
trouble among the other wives unless Grant has per¬ 
mission in writing from you. I await your instruc¬ 
tions. 
(10) I shall be personally pleased if the work to be done 
during the May and June trips can be finished in 
time to permit the ,, Tanager l * to reach Honolulu about 
June 25. All of July is probably scareely enough 
for Johnson, Wake and the little intervening reefs. 
A minor consideration is that Cooke and Gregory leave 
for Australia on July 7. But unless the work in the 
Bird Reservation can be done to your full satisfac¬ 
tion during a shortened schedule, these considerations 
should have no weight. 
(11) If you want to leave a party on ITiihau or Kauai at 
the end of the May trip to be picked up in June, 
please let me know as early as possible. I’ll try to 
make satisfactory arrangements. 
(12) The distressing news of the death of Mrs. Reno had 
better come through you. The enclosed cables tell 
the story. Anything that I can do will be done. 
Very truly yours, 
HEG:SJ 
