FIJI-NEW ZEALAND EXPEDITION 17 
eamera which took 314”x514” films. My own camera was an 
Ansco loaned by my friend and colleague, Professor Charles H. 
Weller, who had made good use of it in his own explorations 
in Greece. It took a lantern-slide-sized film and did very good 
service, particularly on the reefs and during my cruise on the 
New Zealand trawler. Professor Thomas, with his 2C Kodak, 
and Dr. Stoner, with a 1A Kodak, were also successful in their 
photographie work. Between us we brought back something like 
a thousand usable negatives, many of which will be utilized in 
illustrating the present work. 
For some reason we were all inclined at first to under-expose 
our films, particularly in Fiji. We had been warned repeatedly 
that the tropical light rendered it necessary to give much shorter 
exposures than would be made at home. We soon found that this 
was incorrect and that we were most successful when we exposed 
about as we did in Iowa. We had little trouble from film de- 
terioration either before or after exposure. We used Eastman 
‘‘tropical’’ films specially packed in metal moisture-proof con- 
tainers and found them quite satisfactory, although some of 
them entrusted to local photographers were carelessly handled 
and in a few eases virtually ruined. Although several of us 
earried tripods, we did not make much use of them, especially 
on the reefs, on account of the inconvenience of carrying them, 
along with various collecting impedimenta, into the field. 
For the information of my fellow amateur photographers I 
will say that the Eastman films are to be had practically every- 
where in New Zealand, at Suva in Fiji, and even on the steamers 
of the Trans-Pacific lines. There is thus little danger of getting 
out of photographic ammunition. 
Our collecting outfit was very simple, being confined to the 
usual tools for shallow-water work found at all marine biological 
laboratories. Dr. Stoner, at the suggestion of Dr. Paul Bartsch 
of the U. S. National Museum, took a 410 gauge Iver Johnson 
shotgun, which was very light and yet shot hard enough to 
bring down even large sea birds. He also had an outfit for col- 
lecting and preserving birds and insects. Dr. Wylie attended to 
the botanical equipment and Professor Thomas to the geological 
outfit. 
A good supply of printed labels of several sorts saved time 
in the field. We also secured charts of the Fiji group, especially 
