XVI. A BRIEF REPORT UPON THE EXPEDITION OF THE 

 CARNEGIE MUSEUM TO CENTRAL' SOUTH AMERICA. 



By John I). Haseman.' 



TOGETHER WITH A LIST OF LOCALITIES AT 

 WHICH ^\R. HASEMAN COLLECTED. 



By C. H. Eigenmann. 



I sailed, October 5, 1907, from New York to Bahia to collect fishes 

 for the Carnegie Museum. I arrived in Bahia on the 19th of the same 

 month. I went with the expectation of remaining about a year in 

 southeastern Brazil. In fact I did not return to the Museum until 

 February, 1910, when I had far exceeded the original plans. During 

 my stay in South America I made what may be considered numerous 

 separate journeys, of which I propose to give a brief outline, to be 

 followed by an account of the methods I employed in collecting. 



I am very grateful to Dr. W. J. Holland, the Director of the Carnegie 

 Museum, whose untiring assistance and sympathy never waned. 

 I am also very grateful to Dr. Miguel Calmon, the Brazilian Minister 

 of Industries, for his kind assistance. Dr. O. A. Derby, the Director 

 of the Brazilian Geological Survey, deserves a great deal of credit for 

 the success of the expedition, because many things would have been 

 impossible without his kind cooperation. I am also very thankful to 

 Dr. J. C. Branner, Dr. Carlos Moreira, and many other persons in 

 various South American countries, as well as to some of my former 

 professors, especially Professor Eigenmann, who assisted me in various 

 ways. I desire particularly to express my grateful appreciation of 

 the services of all of my native guides, who made it possible for me to 

 penetrate and return from the far interior of Brazil. 



Itinerary. 

 Journey No. i. The Basin of the Rio Sao Francisco and the Waters 

 to the East and West of it. From November, igoj, to March, IQ08. 

 After a few days' delay at Bahia, where I collected in the markets 



• This is the second of the series of papers which are to be pubUshed upon the 

 Expedition to Central South America. 



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