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  ANNUAL 
  DEPORT 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
  1927 
  

  

  of 
  the 
  streams 
  that 
  traversed 
  the 
  unknown 
  interior 
  pushed 
  ahead 
  

   by 
  means 
  of 
  boats 
  up 
  the 
  Mamberamo 
  to 
  the 
  liouffaar 
  and 
  along 
  

   that 
  stream 
  to 
  a 
  point 
  wliere 
  an 
  overhmd 
  journey 
  was 
  made 
  into 
  the 
  

   country 
  of 
  the 
  pygmies. 
  Travel 
  was 
  hindered 
  by 
  heavy 
  floods 
  and 
  

   Avas 
  beset 
  with 
  many 
  uncertainties 
  through 
  difficulties 
  attendant 
  upon 
  

   contact 
  with 
  the 
  Papuans, 
  who 
  were 
  excitable 
  and 
  nervous, 
  and 
  fear- 
  

   ful 
  of 
  the 
  intention 
  of 
  the 
  invaders. 
  The 
  pygmies 
  of 
  the 
  mountain 
  

   slopes 
  proved 
  friendly 
  and 
  of 
  entirely 
  different 
  disposition, 
  so 
  that 
  

   Mr. 
  Stirling 
  and 
  his 
  companions 
  lived 
  among 
  them 
  at 
  ease 
  without 
  

   necessity 
  for 
  the 
  constant 
  guard 
  required 
  with 
  the 
  natives 
  of 
  the 
  

   lake 
  plain. 
  The 
  party 
  completed 
  its 
  observations 
  in 
  December. 
  

   Shipments 
  of 
  specimens 
  to 
  the 
  Museum 
  consisted 
  of 
  14 
  large 
  cases 
  

   containing 
  thousands 
  of 
  implements 
  from 
  peoples 
  living 
  to-day 
  under 
  

   cultural 
  conditions 
  similar 
  to 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  Stone 
  Age 
  elsewhere. 
  

   Thanks 
  to 
  the 
  generosity 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Stirling 
  and 
  his 
  companions, 
  the 
  

   National 
  Museum 
  now 
  possesses 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  finest 
  collections 
  of 
  the 
  

   kind 
  from 
  New 
  Guinea 
  in 
  existence. 
  The 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  party 
  has 
  

   l)een 
  of 
  the 
  highest 
  importance 
  in 
  extending 
  knowledge 
  of 
  one 
  of 
  

   the 
  few 
  unknown 
  areas 
  remaining 
  on 
  the 
  earth's 
  surface. 
  The 
  cour- 
  

   tesy 
  of 
  the 
  Dutch 
  Colonial 
  Government 
  in 
  cooperating 
  in 
  the 
  scien- 
  

   tific 
  work, 
  in 
  providing 
  steamer 
  transportation 
  both 
  for 
  the 
  party 
  

   and 
  for 
  subsequent 
  shipments 
  of 
  supplies, 
  and 
  in 
  furnishing 
  guards 
  

   to 
  safeguard 
  travel 
  was 
  greatly 
  appreciated, 
  and 
  was 
  of 
  importance 
  

   to 
  the 
  success 
  of 
  the 
  expedition. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Waldo 
  L. 
  Schmitt, 
  curator 
  of 
  marine 
  invertebrates 
  during 
  the 
  

   second 
  year 
  of 
  incumbency 
  under 
  the 
  Walter 
  Kathbone 
  Bacon 
  scholar- 
  

   ship, 
  continued 
  field 
  studies 
  of 
  the 
  crustacean 
  fauna 
  of 
  South 
  

   America, 
  principally 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  coast 
  from 
  Guayaquil, 
  Ecuador, 
  to 
  

   Punta 
  Arenas, 
  Chile, 
  including 
  visits 
  to 
  the 
  islands 
  of 
  Juan 
  Fernan- 
  

   dez 
  and 
  the 
  Falkland 
  Islands, 
  returning 
  by 
  way 
  of 
  Argentina. 
  The 
  

   collections 
  brouglit 
  to 
  the 
  Museum 
  are 
  far 
  in 
  excess 
  of 
  those 
  of 
  last 
  

   year, 
  due 
  in 
  part 
  to 
  a 
  longer 
  period 
  in 
  the 
  field, 
  and 
  include 
  several 
  

   genera 
  and 
  one 
  family 
  of 
  Crustacea 
  found 
  for 
  the 
  first 
  time 
  on 
  the 
  

   west 
  coast 
  of 
  South 
  America. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Tlugli 
  M. 
  Smith, 
  Director 
  of 
  Fisheries 
  of 
  Siam, 
  an 
  honorary 
  

   curator 
  of 
  zoology 
  in 
  the 
  Museum, 
  continued 
  field 
  work 
  in 
  Siam. 
  

   His 
  explorations 
  have 
  resulted 
  in 
  splendid 
  collections 
  of 
  mammals, 
  

   birds, 
  reptiles, 
  amphibians, 
  mollusks, 
  crustaceans, 
  and 
  insects, 
  which 
  

   are 
  now 
  being 
  studied 
  with 
  the 
  keenest 
  interest 
  by 
  specialists 
  in 
  the 
  

   Museum. 
  He 
  himself 
  will 
  undertake 
  the 
  study 
  of 
  the 
  fishes. 
  

  

  The 
  Smithsonian-Chrysler 
  African 
  Expedition 
  to 
  Tanganyika 
  and 
  

   Kenya 
  under 
  Dr. 
  W. 
  M. 
  Mann, 
  Director 
  of 
  the 
  National 
  Zoological 
  

   Park, 
  although 
  undertaken 
  to 
  secure 
  living 
  animals, 
  has 
  resulted 
  in 
  

   additions 
  to 
  the 
  Museum, 
  since 
  collections 
  of 
  birds, 
  mammals, 
  and 
  

   miscellaneous 
  invertebrates, 
  secured 
  at 
  odd 
  times 
  when 
  the 
  naturalists 
  

  

  