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palm (Geonoma), among which we camped at 1,200 feet eleva- 
tion, using the leaves for bed mattresses and for the roof. The 
night was wonderfully clear and cool, the moon shining brightly 
down through the splendid palms, and the chorus of tree-toads, 
or other batrachians, evidently of several kinds, supplying quite 
novel music which rose and fell 
Starting soon after sunrise the next morning, we climbed steep 
slopes up to a plateau known as the “‘ Big Level” at about 2,200 
feet elevation ; the collections made up to noon were sent out to 
Bachelor's Hall by one of the bearers and thence to Bowden for 
preservation. We were disappointed in finding that the forest on 
the ‘‘ Big Level” had been practically destroyed by the hurricane 
which devastated much of Jamaica a few years ago, but succeeded 
in crossing it by hunters’ trails, and by slow climbing through 
fallen logs reached 2,620 feet altitude, by aneroid barometer 
reading, the crest of the range be eld apparently at least 400 feet 
higher. Camp ‘‘ Geonona” was occupied again, and on March 
4 we explored the forest in the ae, which ae: to be the 
best collecting ground, yielding specimens of many interesting 
species, the most elegant being a vine of the Meadow Beauty 
Family with great masses of rose-pink flowers. We walk 
down to Bachelor’s Hall in the iow and reached Bowden 
in the evening, well satisfied with the results of the trip. 
Mr. Harris having to return to Hope Gardens for a few days 
for official duties, a second trip to the John Crow Range was 
deferred until the following week. On March 5 a study was 
made of the coastal hillsides near Bowden; on March 6 a horse- 
back trip was made to the Cuna Cuna Gap, and the following 
day was given to collecting in the coastal woodlands and thickets 
at Holland Bay and Morant Point ; many interesting species of 
trees and shrubs were found on these trips and large co ais 
were made. We were game received at the Morant Point 
Lighthouse by Capt. W. H. Boorman and Mrs. Boorman. 
Our second penetration of the mountain range was made on 
March 9, 10, and 11, with the kind codperation of the Hon. 
Commander Edward Codrington Hall, R. N., Custos of the 
Parish of Portland, who placed his mountain camp at our dis- 
