NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART 
NATIONAL COLLECTION OF FINE ARTS 
FREER GALLERY OF ART 
INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE SERVICE 
CANAL ZONE BIOLOGICAL AREA 
March 9, 1950. 
Dear Dr. Wetmore: 
We all enjoyed your interesting letter. Sitting here 
at my desk, with automobile horns blating, and airplanes droning 
overhead, it is difficult to visualize a spot so peaceful and serene 
as the one you describe. “No one lives on our river” sounds a 
bit eerie and lonely but a camp beside a stream, with a forest 
and mountains in the background, would be a welcome haven, if 
only for a little while, to one constantly harassed with problems 
of civilized living, I do not envy you but it would be nice to 
have the experience of such solitude. 
Dr. Kellogg was delighted to hear of your good fortune 
in securing such a fine specimen of otter. 
With regard to your request for a bill of lading to ship 
your outfit, I telephoned Miss Weiss and she informed me that 
Dr. Gazin had made a similar request. Knowing that in the past 
you had not made shipments in this manner she thought it best to 
ask the advice of Mr. Fyfe and wired him as follows: 
“Do you advise the use of government bill of lading by 
our staff in shipments from Panama?” 
And his reply: 
“There is no advantage in regard to ocean freight rate 
using government bill of lading from Panama 
to the United States. We suggest your staff 
forward under commerical bill of lading.” 
Apparently the manner in which you have handled 
shipments in the past is the best way. 
We assembled some furniture (a cradle, spinning 
wheel and butter churn) for Senator Anderson, heirlooms that 
have been in his family for 200 years, and he was very appreciative. 
UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 
BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 
ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY 
NATIONAL AIR MUSEUM 
NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK 
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
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