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sap a sae aie A camera was borrowed there, which 
enabled me to make a series of photographs illustrating the vege- 
tation of aoe Turk. 
Early in this report I referred to the Cibao range of mountains 
in Santo Domingo. I think an expedition to this little known re- 
gion would produce highly interesting results. An insular flora 
at an elevation of 9,000 or 10,000 feet must contain features 
which would be extremely novel. Baron Eggers, in 1887, 
visited a limited region in these mountains, but since that time no 
expedition, to my knowledge, has visited these parts. Eggers 
started from Puerto Plata, striking the Yaqui del Norte River at 
Santiago de los Caballeros, to the southward of the Sierra de 
Monte Cristi; from there going apparently southward along this 
river to Constanza, on the south side of the extreme easterly end 
of the Cordilleras del Cibao ; thence anaes to an un- 
known oe where he climbed a peak, Pico del Valle, of 
2630 claimed to be the highest a reached by a European 
te The vast regions of the Cibao range to the west of the 
porion reached by Eggers are totally unexplored. Here we find 
aqui Peak, nearly 9,000 feet high, at the head-waters of the 
Bao Cibao, which runs iia i ee the Yaqui del Norte 
near Santiago. This cted by railroad with 
Puerto Plata, which se alee penne the transporta- 
tion of an iis into the interior. 
This mountainous region beyond Santiago, I am informed, is 
almost ne and to penetrate it would therefore require 
large and fully equipped expedition, capable of supporting itself 
rounding country. The equipping of an expedition of this kind 
would require considerable time. It could be done with sufficient 
funds, and the material secured, I feel sure, would warrant the 
expenditure of a considerable sum of money. 
Yours respectfully, 
GrorcE V. Nasu. 
