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Taylor

December 10, 1924.

Dear Mr. Taylor:

The following is a quotation from Lorne Knight's
diary:

"Crawford and I have a trip all planned out to spend
a winter on Melville Island. Crawford is a geologist and he has some
good connections high up in the Canadian Geological Survey, and as no
geological work of any importance has ever been done on Melville Island
he is confident that the Government will be willing to send us there with
no salary. I will state in this place that Crawford is a comer and one
of the smartest young or old men that I have ever met. He tries his
best to hide it, partly thru modesty and partly not to appear supercilious
and a few years ago, he told me (confidentially and asked me not to repeat
it) that he had won the Prince of Wales' Scholarship, the highest in
Canada. And I believe him, for his knowledge bears him out. I'll put
Crawford up against anyone I know except Stef."

Mr. Stefansson asked me to send you this quotation
and ask him if you could find out from the Crawfords, perhaps through
their lawyer, if Knight has the name of the scholarship and other facts
right.

Very truly yours,

Secretary to Mr. Stefansson.

A. J. T. Taylor, Esq.,
Bank of Hamilton Building,
Toronto, Ontario.