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Mr Johnson on last leaving- that point after the wreck. He 

 reached the rendezvous early in the night of December 28, 

 only to tind it abandoned bv reason of the accidental escape 

 of the stock. He at once pushed on across the desert to the 

 rancho, reaching- there at sunrise of the 29th, and, immediately 

 returning- with food and water, rejoined the part)' a little way 

 below the strait early in the morning- of the 30th. The entire 

 party arrived at the rancho on the evening- of December 31, 

 and two days later proceeded to Hermosillo, whence the leader 

 returned directly to Washington, while Mr Johnson retra^'ersed 

 the countr}' thence northward to the Arizona boundar}', col- 

 lecting objects and information among the Papago Indians, and 

 completing the triangulation and topographic surveys. He 

 reached Tucson about the end of January'. 



While the expedition was, by reason of the hostility of the 

 Indians, unsuccessful so far as the anticipated studies of the 

 Seri institutions and beliefs are concerned, considerable collec- 

 tions representing their arts were obtained. Moreover, the 

 whole of Seriland, the interior of which was never before trod- 

 den by white men, was examined, surveyed, and mapped; 

 indeed the survey was of such character as to yield the first 

 topographic mnp of a broad belt in Sonora extending from tlie 

 international boundary to Sonora river. The area co'V'ered by 

 this survey is about 10,000 square miles. Forty-seven stations 

 wei-e occupied for control, and a considerably larger number 

 of additional points for topographic sketching. The portion of 

 the map comprising Seriland, being essentially new to geogra- 

 phers, has been published in the National Geographic Magazine 

 (vol. VII, 1896, plate xiv). 



It is a pleasure to say that the work of the expedition was 

 facilitated in all possible ways by the state officers of Sonora 

 and the federal authorities of the Republic of Mexico. By 

 special authority of His Excellency Senor Leal, Secretario de 

 Fomento, the party was permitted to cross the boundary with 

 the outfit and necessary supplies, while the governor of Sonora, 

 Senor Ramon Coral, offered to furnish a guard of state troops, 

 and in other ways displayed constant interest in the work of 

 the expedition. Much is due, also, to Senor Pascual Encinas, 



