MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BULLETIN 105 
it was the landlord’s dog returning from the hunt. Again I 
was awakened by my partner yelling ‘My neck, my neck’. 
With the aid of my flashlight I found a big stag beetle tightly 
fastened to his neck. After removing this we rested unin- 
terruptedly until daybreak. 
‘‘We started on the fourth day’s journey with Zarzal as 
our objective. During this day I was able to collect. several 
epiphytic orchids which were brought back to the Garden. 
We reached Zarzal at noon and from here secured automobiles 
which brought us to Tulua at four o’clock. We put up here 
for the night and tried to locate bath or shower but without 
success, the result being that we all went to the river for a 
swim. The next morning we left on the ‘Ferrocarri del 
Pacifico’, or Pacific railroad, for Cali. Here we found a very 
good hotel, in fact, the only hotel during my three months in 
Colombia that had running water in the bedrooms. We were 
advised not to leave Cali for the seaport of Buenaventura 
until our reservations for sailing were assured, because of 
the lack of good hotels in Buenaventura. So the Virginian 
and I, after two days in Cali, said good-bye to our friends 
and left by train over the mountains to Buenaventura. The 
scenery across the Western Andes is very picturesque. In 
spite of the fact that the journey is an all-day trip and very 
tiresome, it is extremely interesting for the botanist, observing 
the vegetation, varying according to the altitude. On nearing 
the Pacific coast one is particularly struck with the wonder- 
ful varieties of Anthuriums, Philodendrons, and ferns. We 
reached Buenaventura at five o’clock in the evening where 
hundreds of natives literally fought for our grips. After 
putting up at the one and only hotel, I was convinced that 
we had been wise to stay in Cali as long as we had. The 
majority of the population in this coastal town is black. The 
houses are mostly of the native type with thatched roofs, and 
most unsightly. Along the seacoast. one sees rows of these 
huts, built above the water upon stilts. However, of recent 
date, a large concrete American-built dock has been com- 
pleted, with railroad connections. This has greatly increased 
the handling of freight to towns of the interior. Before the 
building of these docks the steamers would anchor in the 
bay and all freight and passengers were transferred on barges. 
One can still see the barges tied up in the bay. We sailed 
