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udy of the banks of the 

 belonging to Mr. Farqu- 

 out seven miles to Elham 

 special search was for the 

 imaican plant, the peculiar 

 jnd floating on the water 



is canoe-trip ; we finally encountered the vine 

 just about dusk, a short distance below Elham wharf, but could 

 obtain only its foliage, its flowering time being evidently earlier 

 in the year. We reached Santa Cruz during the evening. 



Return from those interesting regions was made by way of 

 Mandeville, where we arrived on September 24, reaching Kings- 

 ton the next day. September 26 and 27 were passed at Hope 

 Gardens in the delightful hospitality of Mr. Fawcett. The last 

 collecting done was in the valley of the Hope River, below 

 August Town, where Mr. Fawcett, Mr. Harris, and I spent the 

 afternoon of September 27. Here we were also much interested 

 in observing the land-slides caused by the earthquake of last 

 anuary, on the sides of Long Mountain and Mona Mountain, 

 where the Hope River runs through a narrow gorge, and where 

 the fallen debris of rock and earth has dammed the stream, form- 

 ing a long narrow lake. 



expedition has added much to the knowledge of the 

 n flora and the plants and specimens secured are important 

 s to our collections. Nearly 1,000 field numbers repre- 

 me 2,000 specimens for the museums, herbarium and 

 uses, and, in addition to these, are the collections made 

 Harris, of which we will receive the duplicates. The 

 as made possible by the kind liberality of Mr. D. O. 

 resident of the Garden. 



Respectfully submitted, 



N. L. Brixton, 

 Directors- Chief. 



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