Dear Maryanna * 
Hello from the land of the swaying palms and singing birds. Life 
here is kinda too bad since they have so many native girls with all those damn 
fans and cool drinks. You would think that a person could do something by 
hisself but not here, you always have so many of those pain m the «»ck na>iv@ 
girls walking around in....well, I shudder to think of how little... to try to 
do it for you. As far as news goes there is not much. The boat sank the other 
dav and one of the buildings burned down and the antenna fell over but other than th 
nothing. The vegetation here is getting so high that we have to cut through it 
with machettes t© reach the birds every day. (It grows so well because of all 
the bird -_ around.) The only spot not overgrown is the golf course ana 
the mortality rate is pretty high there because the birds ars always getting 
hit with the golf balls# 
They are putting up a circus tent outside and it ought to be quite a snow 
At present we have tapped nets to th© horns X on the giraffes and are catching 
the higher flying birds. , , , — M . 
No more news so I will now make a request. We need some stuff, h-^ 
super-quick and not ultra-fast but some of it 9%t sorta soon. 
4 set of screw drivers, including some small ones 
/A couple of spools of fine thread 
</ Assorted sizes of rubber bands 
v 7 A pair of bone shears 
✓ A field note book 
v A hand counter 
\/ Some glue* Duco cement 
Pointed and rounded forceps 
. 3 - # 3 & #4 scalpel handles 
Scalpel blades for £4 handle- #21 > 
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✓4-25 watt bulbs . 
*4 light socket- porcelain base light receptacle(screw mountedJ 
jjfedium sized paint brushes—1/2 & 1 inch sizes 
jJSoll of waxed paper 
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ThatJs about all. We thank you. The only other thing I can think of xs that 
I got a letter from ray brother yesterday and he expressed a desire to possibly 
gat on the project# He graduates from Dartmouth in June and would be willing 
to on the project immediately. He has a pre-med background. I toxd him 
to write to you and see. I think he could do the project a lot of good 
because he is a pretty rugged fellow and a hard worker. I am not sure if you 
are hiring non specialized help any more but if you are i would appreciate 
vou giving him some consideration. When I was in Hono. thucK said we were 
in a bind for guys in June. If you do decide to take on ny brother you 
could send him out here and I could show him the stuff if you needed already 
trained persons elsewhere. Anything you can do on this would be appreciated 
Maryanna. 
The Sand Island Simpleton, 
