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made a few circles, and soon I found myself walking along the edge across the 
top of that cliff, with only a foot or more of dirt and some small bushes between 
me and the precipice. Later the road leads a long way on the edge of a narrow 
ridge, on each side a sheer precipice of thousands of feet. In one spot the path 
is about 3 feet wide, and I think a little less. It took all the grit I had to cross 
that place, and I’d hate to attempt it in rainy weather when the rocks are 
slippery. There is one place where there is no place to get a foothold, and the 
precipice is bridged by poles placed side by side; under the bridge is a chasm 
that one does not like to look at. To cap the climax, near the top are long 
ladders. It is practically perpendicular at these points, and without the 
ladders no one could reach the top.” 
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In preparing for his return journey, Mr. Graham decided to pack his sum- 
mer’s accumulation of specimens and mail them from the village of Shin Kai 
Si, to reduce the danger of loss from robbers. Over 70 parcels were packed 
and mailed from this place, after which he set out for Kiating, where he was 
to try and arrange for the safe transport of the Suifu foreigners from Kiating 
to Suifu. 
Mr. Graham’s return from Kiating to Suifu was filled with exciting inci- 
dents, due to war, brigands, and lack of food. He writes: “With over 100,000 
troops engaged in civil war in the Province, with bands of robbers everywhere, 
and with the serious complications between China and the foreign powers, it 
may be considered a victory to have carried through the collecting trip and to 
have secured more specimens than were collected in any previous year.” 
STUDY OF THE CRUSTACEAN FAUNA OF SOUTH AMERICA 
During the past year the first award was made of the Walter 
Rathbone Bacon scholarship of the Smithsonian Institution, created 
by the will of Virginia Purdy Bacon for the study of the fauna of 
countries other than the United States. The award was made to 
Dr. Waldo L. Schmitt, curator of marine invertebrates in the Na- 
tional Museum, for the purpose of undertaking a comprehensive 
study of the crustaceans of South America. He began work at Rio 
de Janeiro, Brazil, where museum collections were examined and 
some preliminary collecting done. The following extract is taken 
from a preliminary account of his work prepared at the National 
Museum: 
On September 17, accompanied by Doctor Luderwaldt, Doctor Schmitt 
started for S&o0 Sebastiao, arriving the next morning after a most uncomfort- 
able night on a small boat. The collecting here was good and many varieties 
of crustacea were obtained. Night collecting yielded valuable tow-net hauls. 
Upon this island several species of fresh-water shrimps were obtained. Doctor 
Schmitt is of the impression that these shrimps can travel considerable distances 
overland through the woods should their parent stream go dry. He states that 
tiny Euphausids produce a magnificent phosphorescence at night in the waters 
around the island. 
He returned to Santos September 28, where several cases of specimens 
were prepared for shipment to Washington. 
Passing down the coast, collections were made at Sao Francisco Island, 
then at Castro where several fresh-water streams were visited. Here, amongst 
