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nately prevented from turning to account. The work has yet to be 

 done, and there can be little doubt that the man who is first able to 

 examine the lofty interior of such an island as Guadalcanar will 

 bring back collections, the importance of which will amply recom- 

 pense him for any hardship or personal risk he may have endured. 

 My experience was confined to the sea-border and its vicinity. The 

 future explorer will find his field in the mountainous interiors and 

 on the highest peaks. 



Note (April 19th, 1887). — Since I penned the above, further collections of reptiles and 

 batrachians, made in these islands by Mr. C. M. Woodford, have been described by Sir. 

 Boulenger at a recent meeting of the Zoological Society. I had the pleasure of meeting 

 Mr. Woodford before he left England, and I hope that he has been able to accomplish his 

 piirpose of penetrating into the interior of one of the larger islands of the group. 



