EXPLORATIONS AND PIELD-WORK OF THE SMITH- 
SONIAN INSTITUTION IN 1913 
INTRODUCTION 
There is here presented a general account of the exploration and 
field-work conducted by the Smithsonian Institution and its several 
branches. including the United States National Museum, in various 
parts of the world during the calendar year 1913. These explora- 
tions were made by means of allotments from the Smithsonian 
funds, from Congressional appropriations, and through the codpera- 
tion of other institutions and of individuals engaged or interested in 
geological, biological, or anthropological investigations. 
The Institution and its branches were thus represented in a large 
number of field parties whose researches have tended to increase the 
general knowledge in various subjects, and have added much valuable 
material to the collections of the National Museum. Owing to its 
limited funds, the Institution was unable to participate in several 
additional enterprises in which opportunities for representation were 
offered. 
In the preparation of the present account the direct statements of 
those who participated in the field-work have been employed, with 
one or two exceptions, while nearly all the photographs were made 
by the explorers themselves. 
Some of the work carried on in 1913 was in continuation of opera- 
tions begun in previous years and reported in part in accounts here- 
tofore published by the Institution.’ 
Three Government branches of the Institution are represented in 
this report: The National Museum, although having no specific 
funds for exploration work, avails itself as far as possible of all 
opportunities presented for making collections in the field; the 
Bureau of American Ethnology engages largely in field-work, which 
is covered in detail in the annual report of that bureau; and the 
‘Expeditions Organized or Participated in by the Smithsonian Institution in 
t910 and 1911. Smithsonian Misc. Coll., Vol. 50, No. 11, 1912. 
Explorations and Field-Work of the Smithsonian Institution in 1912. Smith- 
sonian Misc. Coll., Vol. 60, No. 30, 1913. 
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