Washington, 15. iii. 1957 
Dear A. & B., 
I enclose another covering letter for a BOU candidate, this time Rollin 
Baker, who was in town last week for the Wildlife meetings. These brought a 
considerable number of visitors to the Museum, including Hoyes Lloyd (who, with 
his wife, is going to take a slow boat trip to Cape Town and then travel overland 
to Victoria Falls for the Congress), Fred Glenny, Clarence Cottarn, et al. 
Walt Weber brought in the other day the completed pictures for your Coiba 
Island report and left them on your desk. He is about to take off for the Oki- 
fenokee Swamp for several weeks. 
Spring sudderffcr came to Washington two days ago with 70° temperatures and 
genty of robins and grackles, to say nothing of blooming early-spring flowers. 
Herbert Friedmann and his Wife had three weeks in the West. H. gave some 
lectures at Berkeley and at UCLA, and then they paid a visit to the Grand Canyon. 
They saw a lot of Jean at Los Angeles, and visited his house. 
Sir Norman Kinnear had a fall about a month ago and cracked his femur, so 
he is laid up in hospital for some time to come, but is said to be making proper 
improvement. 
Waldo Schmitt leaves tomorrow for his Tahitian jaunt. He expects to see 
Mrs. Sowerby when he passes through Honolulu. A 
Mr. Holden, the gem-cutter in Mineralogy, died of a heart attack a few 
days ago. 
This screed reads like the Smithsonian "Torch"Iii 
With best wishes to you both, 
J 
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