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my work here a large crew of natives were taking" out guano for use 

 on the plantation, some 600 tons being removed during the season. 

 This cave also proved very productive of animal bones, and as in 

 most of the others, the best material was procured near the base of 

 the walls, or at the base of the huge stalagmite columns that extended 

 nearly to the ceiling. Just inside and to the left of the entrance were 

 a series of stalagmite columns, behind which were found large quanti- 

 ties of human remains, together with remains of the extinct small 

 mammals. Occasionally the bones were in a charred condition, indi- 

 cating that fires were built on the floor of the caves. In this cave were 

 several " shrines " for worship. The work in No. 2 occupied two 

 weeks. 



Work was started on February 2 in the second deposit of Cave 

 No. 2, which for working purposes only we have called deposit No. 3. 

 The floor was similar to that of No. 2 except that it contained more 

 natural soil and less guano. A fair-sized collection was obtained under 

 about the same conditions as the previous ones. About 10 days were 

 spent in completing this cave. 



No. 4, the smallest cave in which I worked, was practically depleted 

 of mammal remains by Mr. Miller on his visit there in 1925, and 

 the one day spent in this cave produced very little material. 



On February 13, in company with Lieuts. Thomas and Barwick of 

 the U. S. Marine Corps and Mr. J. B. Lea of the United West Indies 

 Corporation, I set out on the mountain trails for a visit to the famous 

 Citadelle. Two days and nights were spent in and near the Citadelle, 

 where general biological collections were made. About midway be- 

 tween San Rafael and the Citadelle we passed through the beautiful 

 native village of Don-Don, situated on the edge of the Doree River, 

 one of the largest rivers in Haiti, and at the base of a high and heavily 

 forested mountain. Upon my return, two days were spent in preparing 

 and packing material collected in the St. Michel group of caves. 

 Operations were then resumed in the Atalaye group beginning with 

 Cave No. 7, which jM'oved to be very successful. This cave was 

 about 50 feet in depth and very steep, with large masses of broken 

 rock occupying a great ]:)art of the entrance and floor. Most of the 

 material collected here was of a smaller variety, chiefly bat skulls 

 and insectivore jaws. About 30 gallons of finely sifted material were 

 brought back from this cave unsorted, teeming with very small 

 mammal, bird, and reptile remains, together with small shells. The 

 work in this cave occupied about 10 days. No. 6, which was next in 

 order, took very little time to complete, as most of the soil which it 



