TROPICAL RESEARCH STATION 
Kartabo, British Guiana 
REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1919. 
STAFF 
William Beebe, Director; John Tee-Van, Assistant and Preparateur; Inness 
Hartley, Albert M. Reese, Research Associates; Alfred Emerson, 
Clifford Pope, Research Assistants; Isabel Cooper, Artist 
ENEWAL of activity at the Tropical Research Station this 
year resulted in a thoroughly satisfactory amount of work 
done, a recementing of cordial relations with the British Guiana 
government, and a staff which in enthusiasm and mutual helpful- 
ness was worthy augury for the years to come. 
Environment.—Kartabo, at the exact point of junction of the 
Mazaruni and Cuyuni Rivers proved to be ideal in every way as 
a permanent site for the Station. Within ten minutes walk are 
sandy and rocky beaches, mangroves, grassland, swamp and 
high jungle, each with a wealth of life peculiar to itself. Free 
exposure to all the trade winds, the absence of flies and mosqui- 
tos, invariable cool nights, an excellent sandy beach for bathing, 
a large comfortable bungalow besides servants’ quarters, and 
jungle beginning at the very edge of the compound—these left 
little to be desired. Our health was excellent throughout the en- 
tire period of seven months. 
We reopened the bungalow, enclosed the entire front with 
glass to guard the laboratory against wind and rain, purchased 
a good sized boat and fitted it with an Evinrude engine, and 
within a month had put the Station upon a smoothly running 
basis. Two Indian hunters provided food throughout our entire 
stay. Interesting subjects for observation and study were so 
abundant and so close, that we seldom went half a mile away 
from the bungalow. An elaborate map of the whole neighbor- 
hood was made by Emerson and Tee-Van on a scale of sixty feet 
to the inch. This permits of very exact locality records. 
