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panion, accompanying me on all excursions in all kinds of weather 
and also assisting with the drying and preservation of the speci- 
mens; his collaboration added materially to the results obtained. 
The first excursion on which he accompanied me served to 
thoroughly ‘‘baptize’ him into the work. This was a trip to the 
peninsula that separates Lebisa and Cabonico Bays. Going down 
the trail from Woodfred to Mayari in an almost continuous 
rain, the trail being so slippery that our mounts were in constant 
danger of falling, one of the party was thrown, fortunately ona 
level stretch of road near Mayari, suffering nothing worse than 
the additional burden of carrying several pounds of the roadway 
on his clothing. The night was spent at Mayari and before 
dawn next morning we embarked in a motor-boat, as the guests 
of Mr. Effingham Dun, and went down the river about sixteen 
miles, into Nipe Bay. Touching at Felton, we continued east- 
ward through an artificial canal into Lebisa Bay, arriving at a 
landing place near El Purio about nine o’cloc Our intentions 
were to get to the pinelands on the low foothills nearby, as their 
altitude was considerably lower than they are known to be at 
any other place in this region. As we were unable to secure 
horses for the entire party, Dr. Schaefer and myself were ccntent 
to collect on the peninsula. The usual limestone formaticn and 
its flora of the coastal region occurred. The country is broken 
into low hills, the soil yellow and quite fertile, but very sticky in 
the rain, which lasted practically all day. On the way back we 
disembarked at Felton, and returned to Woodfred next morning 
by the ore train. 
Loma Menqura, the round-topped peak so prcminent in the 
southern horizon as one approaches Nipe Bay by steamer, is 
situated about eight miles south of Woodfred, and is reached by 
the Bandera trail. It is composed of serpentine rock, rising out 
of the pine-covered plateau, which at this pointis at about an 
elevation of 2,200 feet, the summit of the mountain being about 
3, level. We made an ascent on its easterly side, 
which is rather dry, very rocky and quite hard to climb. The 
growth is mostly scattered scrub with an occasional tree of small 
size, much of it having been frequently fire-swept; the top is rather 
