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averse to noise. Since the villagers on the island made too 

 much noise to suit him, he destroyed them by way of punish- 

 ment. The boatmen with us kept very quiet while on the island, 

 and never left the landing place. The students were also rather 

 subdued, and only one of them had the courage to climb into 

 the volcano, my cargadore Elvina. When we returned and 

 met the other students at the landing place, Elvina reported 

 that the old man had risen up from the lake, and had talked 



Fig. II. The last outposts of cogon on the upper slopes of Taal volcano, 

 Philippine Islancs. 



with the Americanos, a story which seemed to add considerably 

 to the respect of the boatmen for us. 



We returned to Banadero in the evening, spent another night 

 ■on the observatory roof, walked to Tanuan in the morning, 

 and returned to Los Banos by rail. 



(To be continued.) 



SHORTER NOTES 



A Letter From Greenland. — "Just a message from this 

 land of Thule, as the Danes call the unglaciated tract about 

 Wolstenholme Sound, where I am studying the plants, rocks, 

 and birds this summer, the guest of the Danish explorer Knud 



