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togs on in many layers, his white whiskers parted in the breeze, as we 

 hurtled along to Neopit, Crow Settlement or elsewhere. Uncle John 

 thought we went "swift as the wind." This two weeks' period was like 

 the prior trip spent in collecting, but with the difference that this was 

 nature's harvest time, and things were now obtainable, which were 

 unrec()gnizal)le in the summer. 



( )n this second trip, provision was made, through the courtesy of 

 Superintendent Allen and the school principal, Mr. JNIack Johnson, for 

 my accommodation at the government mess, where the teachers of the 

 Industrial School room and board. Here the best of accommodations 

 were given at a very reasonable price, and special housing furnished for 

 my machine. I made a short Sunday evening talk to the school children, 

 and on their gymnasium night demonstrated and led a class of boys and 

 a class of girls in the Swedish movements. Everything possible was 

 done by the Agency personnel to assist me in my botanical work, and 

 the coming spring collecting period is anticipated with pleasure. 



During this trip, much more information was secured than on the 

 initial trip, and l)y talking with many groups of Indians, the informa- 

 tion already tabulated was checked up, so as to get a final authoritative 

 record. 



The last trip, which will take i)lace from May twenty-third to June 

 seventh, will enable us to collect in the height of the spring season, be- 

 fore many of the spring's native foodstuffs have withered and disap- 

 peared. It will also furnish us with the last material necessary for the 

 publication of our ])ulletin. There may be more interesting places in 

 Wisconsin than the Menomini Indian reservation, but we haven't seen 

 them. 



SULPHUR MININCx ON THE GULF COAST 



By Ika Edwards'^ 



At the beginning of the year H)21, the Department of Geology was 

 engaged in field work on the low flat coastal plain of southern Texas. 

 This district is one equally remarkable for its lack of topography and 

 for its wonderful resources in oil and sulphur. A relatively small por- 

 tion of this gulf coastal plain centering about Houston, Texas, yields 

 all the sulphur mined in the United States, and a goodly share of the 

 petroleum. The primary purpose of the trip to this coast was to study 



"Curator of Geoloyy, Milwaukee Public Museum. 



