KXl'l.ORATlUXS AXD l-iELD-WORK OF TllF SMITH- 

 SONIAN INSTITUTION IN 1913 



INTRODUCTION 



There is here i)resented a general account of the exploration and 

 field-work conducted by the Smithsonian Institution and its several 

 l)ranches. includino^ the Ignited States National Museum, in various 

 parts of the world during the calendar year 1913. These ex])lora- 

 tions were made by means of allotments from the Smithsonian 

 funds, from Congressional appropriations, and through the coopera- 

 tion of other institutions and of individuals engaged or interested in 

 geological, biological, or anthropological investigations. 



The Institution and its branches were thus represented in a large 

 numl)er of field parties whose researches have tended to increase the 

 general knowledge in various subjects, and have added much valuable 

 material to the collections of the National Museum. Owing to its 

 limited funds, the Institution was unable to participate in several 

 additional enterprises in which opportunities for representation were 

 ofifered. 



In the ])reparation of the present account the direct statements of 

 those who participated in the field-work have been employed, with 

 one or two exceptions, while nearly all the photographs were made 

 1)V the explorers themselves. 



Some of the work carried on in 191 3 was in continuation of opera- 

 tions begun in previous years and reported in part in accounts here- 

 tofore pul)lishe(l l)y the Institution.^ 



Tlu-ee (lovernment branches of the Institution are rein-esented in 

 this report: The National Museum, although having no specific 

 funds for exploration work, avails itself as far as possil)le of all 

 opportunities presented for making collections in the field : the 

 rUn-eau of American Ethnology engages largely in field-work, which 

 is covered in detail in the annual report of that bureau : and the 



'Expeditions Organized or Participated in l)y the Smithsonian Institntion in 

 iQio and 191 1. Smithsonian Misc. Coll., Vol. 59, No. 11, 1912. 



Explorations and Field-Work of the Smithsonian Institntion in 191 J. Smith- 

 sonian Misc. Coll., Vol. 60. No. 30. 1913. 



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