PlBLD V M OF N'atuRAI HlSTORY — REPORTS, V*OL. [II. 



latter and t their proi y with the " □ the Bataca 



an red by the 1 " natives of the coast. In com- 



pany with Governor Miller, Mr. ('<>le visited pai 'he island hith- 



erto unknown to white men. Many J ' raph record- 



in- Lents, and a typical collection, were secured. The collection 



from the sections visito "'• I le numbers two thousand specimens 



and includes all the article ily life and reli ies. 



Dr. Win. Jones has d( ted the entire year to thi of 



the unknown tribes in the upper headwaters of the C □ Valley. 



Previous to his entry into this territory he had investigated certain 

 tribes on the I. iyan. Dr. Jones' inv» in con- 



nection with the Robert P. Curnmings' Philippine Expedition. For 



tain reasons it does not seem advisable at this time to comment 

 at any length on the investigations of Dr. Berthold Laufer. Suffice 

 it • that at the present writing he is in China and that he is 



meeting with very great success. It may l»e noted in this connection 

 that in addition to the work which he is performing for the Museum 

 he is engaged in the purchase of Chinese and Tibetan literature on 

 behalf of the Crerar and Newberry Libraries. It is Dr. Laufer's 

 belief that Chicago at the present time possesses a Manchu Library 

 more valuable than any to be found in Europe, not even excepting 

 the one in St. Petersburg, which has great treasures from this field. 

 The extensive collection of Chinese books, which Dr. Laufer has 

 collected, is very rich in fine old editions of the Ming Dynasty 

 an Is a perfect exhibit of the development of Chinese printing. 



The Curator of the Department spent the year in a hurried 

 journey around the world. Leaving Xcw York January nth, he 

 visited Cambridge, London, Berlin, and Rome, and proceeded 

 direct to Cairo where he joined Mr. Edward E. Aver and remained 

 in Egypt five weeks; then he spent seven weeks in India, two 

 in Ceylon, and next visited Java where an extensive collection 

 was made. After visiting the Australian museums of Perth, 

 lurne, and Sydney, he proceeded to Simpson Hafen, 

 Bismar k Archipelago, from which port he sailed on a month's cruise 

 with the Governor of German I Dr. Hahl, visiting many 



villages in New Ireland and adjacent islands and the two German 

 islands of the Solomon group — Buka and Bougainville. Return- 

 Hafen from the Solomon Islands, a month was spent 

 along the c man New Guinea, ascending the Kaiserin 



gusta River. He then proceeded to Manila, via Yap, the chief 



