THE LONG TRAIL 



which they belonged should appreciate 

 their services and give them the oppor- 

 tunity to follow the results through. 

 When an expedition brings back material 

 that has not been described, the museum 

 publishes pamphlets listing the new spe- 

 cies, and explaining their habitats and 

 characteristics. This is rarely done by the 

 man who did the actual collecting. Father, 

 whenever it was feasible, arranged for 

 the naturalists who had accompanied or 

 taken part in the collecting to have the 

 credit of writing the pamphlets describing 

 the results of their work. To a layman 

 this would not seem much, but in reality it 

 means a great deal. Father did all he 

 could to encourage his companions to 

 write their experiences, for most of them 

 had led eventful lives filled with unusual 

 incident. When, as is often the case, the 

 actor did not have the power of written 

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