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rarely by the Indians on hunting trips. This hilly, forested country 

 was rich in animal life and large collections were made. 



From Huachi the Beni was descended to Rurrenabaque, a short 

 distance above the head of navigation on the Rio Beni, and over 

 three months spent in this vicinity, with side trips across the pampa 

 to Lake Rocagua, and to Tumupasa, a small village situated at the 

 very edge of the Amazon Valley, and to Ixiamas, an isolated pampa 

 region beyond Tumupasa. 



Dr. Rusby, director of the expedition was compelled to return to 

 the United States from Rurrenabaque, because of bad health. The 



Fig. 59. — Church music, Ixiamas, liohvia. (Photograph by Mann.) 



party under Dr. Mann then went down river to Riberalta and after- 

 ward returned as far as the Little Rio Negro, where they spent several 

 days collecting, and making short trips in the vicinity of Cavinas and 

 up the Rio Madidi. In the region near the Lower Madidi several 

 villages of Gorai Indians were visited and a small lot of ethnological 

 material gathered. 



A final stop was made at Ivon, at the mouth of the river of that 

 name. Then the party proceeded to Cachuela Esperanza and from 

 there to the Madeira-Mamore Railroad in Brazil where steamer was 

 taken for Manaos and to New York. 



The collection of living animals made by Dr. Alann on this expedi- 

 tion reached the National Zoological Park on April 15, 1922. In 



