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Mar. 28, 1914.
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Dr. Waldo S. Schmitt,
Naturalist,
U.S.F.S. Albatross,
Sausalito, Cal.

Dear Sir:

I have just received your letter dated the 17th and carefully note what you say. I am still endeavoring to secure satisfactory fisherman and, with the extra leeway you give in the way of renumeration, I will certainly be able to get men of more experience.

Regarding gear, my suggestion is that you purchase enough material for 12 new 8 line skates. The cost of each skate would be approximately $15.00 to $17.00 each. The fishermen would rig up the skates on board the vessel themselves. Besides this we should have 12 anchors, 10 coils of buoyline, 6 balls of twine for gangine, 10 buoy kegs and one gallon of pine tar. There will probably be a few other small items required, but I can tell better about this after going over the supplies you have on the vessel. All of the above gear can be procured here at a minute's notice, the dealers keeping plenty of stock on hand.

Regarding bait, I can secure this of first class quality, newly salted, for $4.50 per barrel.

Regarding the question of steam line haulers. I have been looking into this somewhat myself but have not been able to get very much information on the subject. I have asked Mr. Lee of Lee & Brinton to write you more fully on the subject as they are also investigating on their own account.

Thanks for the blank envelopes, which I will use in communicating with you.

Yours respectfully,

[underline]] ^[[Edward Driscoll]] [[/underline]]