ANXIOUS NATIVES along remote shores ol the tropical PacUic oiten crowd 

 about the Velero in their dugout canoes seeking medical aid. In the accompa- 

 nying photographs, natives ol Bahia Honda, Panama, are shown as they con- 

 gregated alongside a Velero lifeboat where scores were examined for real and 

 ioncied ailments by Dr. Edwin O. Palmer, ship's surgeon on several cruises. 

 Through such services members of the expeditions have built friendships with 

 many people in distant lands and not infrequently have been able to alleviate 

 real suffering or, now and then, to save a life. 



