UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 
BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 
ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY 
NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK 
NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART 
NATIONAL COLLECTION OF FINE ARTS 
FREER GALLERY OF ART 
ALL CORRESPONDENCE 
SHOULD BE ADDRESSED 
TO THE SECRETARY 
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES 
DIVISION OF RADIATION AND 
ORGANISMS 
November 16, 1937, 
Dear Dr. Wetmore: 
Your charming letter of November 11 received. Besides the 
wonderful tale you unfold, it also give me a thrill to receive from 
Venezuela on November 15 a latter written on November 111 
Years ago, when preparing my book, "The Sun", I read exten 
sively inSchimper's great book on botanical geography, and saw many 
pictures of the rain forest, besides reading his graphic descriptions, 
just like yours, I can see it in my mind's eye but probably never 
shall in the fact. 
We had a delightful dinner to Dr. Stejneger, and heard your 
contribution which was one of the three best, the others being a very 
cutely mixed humerous and instructive one ty Dr, Stiles and the other 
an extemporaneous account by Dr. C. H. Merriam of Dr, Stejneger fifty 
years ago dragging himself to the rim of the Grand Canyon to die there, 
I received from Dr, Stejneger a very touching card. His picture, his 
autograph, and "ex corde pleno", 
Senator Logan gave me Saturday practical assurances that he 
would get the Smithsonian and all its branches excepted in reorganization. 
But I shall still try to work through Mr, Cannon in the House, Also 
the Bureau of the Budget has given us an extraordinary vote of confidence 
in the way of suggesting that all the smaller appropriations of our 
estimates shall be made a lump sum' to be allotted at our discretion. 
This is still being worked out. 
With best wishes. 
Yours sincerely. 
Dr, A. Wetmore, 
c/o General Delivery, 
San Juan, 
Porto Rico, 
