140 IOWA STUDIES IN NATURAL HISTORY 
in identifying himself. All were neatly installed and labelled 
with painstaking care. I have met several scientists of this 
sort in various parts of the world, working without the inspir- 
ation of congenial confréres and adequate laboratory facilities ; 
upheld by a whole-hearted devotion to nature and inspired 
with a zeal without limit. Such men I esteem and admire, and 
to them I offer the hand of fellowship. May their tribe in- 
erease! Dr. Watson has a large family and a limited in- 
come. His parochial cares are many and he serves his commun- 
ity with the same loving solicitude that he bestows on his col- 
lections. I was told that on one occasion when famine threat- 
ened his parishioners, he went without food himself that their 
necessities might be supplied. 
His wife and the women of the neighborhood were busy pre- 
paring bandages for the army and were using a machine con- 
trived by Dr. Watson himself for rolling them. We found 
the women here, as at home, devoting themselves to war 
work. There is an excellent Self-Help organization at Bridge- 
town, which we were glad to patronize as occasion offered. 
Very good meals were served here at moderate prices and we 
were waited on by ladies from the best Barbadian society. 
We also visited Mr. Perey Haynes, who has a beautiful home 
perched on a hilltop near the Scotland District, and from which 
one gets a superb view of sea, valley, and mountain. In his 
garden and greenhouse we found many exceedingly interesting 
ferns and flowers which thrived splendidly in the moist district 
near the windward side of the island and under the expert care 
of Mrs. Haynes. Our entire party was delightfully entertained 
at the home of Mr. Swan, a leading commission merchant of 
Bridgetown, while individuals were the recipients of similar 
courtesies at the hands of many Barbadians. 
But it would be impossible to make special mention of all of 
the homes in which we experienced the overflowing hospitality 
of ‘‘Little England.’’ Enough has been said to show its 
quality. 
The United States Consul, Mr. C. L. Livingston and his wife 
and family were like a bit from the home-land, and we often 
availed ourselves of the hospitality which they so freely offered. 
Swimming parties are quite the vogue at Barbados, and the 
