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[[right justified]] Mar. 28, 1914. [[/right justified]] 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]]