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SMITHSONIAN EXPLORATIONS, I926 



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The Dutch officials and the managers of various coffee plantations 

 in the vicinity of Kepahiang rendered all the assistance possible to 

 make the expedition a success. Transportation for freight and person- 

 nel across and about the island was w^ithout cost, and the detailing 

 of natives to accompany me on my daily collecting trips shows the 

 interest taken by the Dutch in scientific pursuits. The two trips to 

 Poeloetikus Island could not have been made except for the courtesy 

 of the superintendent of the Dutch Mail Steamship Co., at Benkoelen, 



Fig. 71. — A rainy day in Sumatra. Note the basket hats. (Photograph l)y 



Kellers.) 



who placed at my disposal a sea-going motor Ijoat and a native 

 fisherman. 



BIOLOGICAL FTF.LD-WORK IN FLORIDA 



During March and April, 1926. I visited northern Florida for 

 the purpose of making general collections of vertebrates and plants. 

 Work was carried on at several localities in the region extending 

 from Gainesville to Cedar Keys. It was mostly of such routine 

 character as to call for no special comment. 



To obtain skeletons of porpoises at Cedar Keys was the chief 

 object in view. The animals were abundant and fearless, coming 

 close to the wharves in pursuit of small fish. Here they were 

 easily shot but less easily recovered owing to the dense opacity of 



