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that it extracts the snake poison in a very short time, and 

 before any serious trouble has set it. The most feared 

 animal in Baja California is the skunk. The popular be- 

 lieve is that its bite causes hydrophobia. No native will 

 sleep out of doors without covering himself, head and all, 

 in his serape or blanket in order to prevent the skunks 

 from attacking him. To my knowledge, however, no 

 case of hydrophobia has occurred for years. 



There are no other poisonous animals in the Cape Re- 

 gion, the scorpions being no more harmful than wasps. 

 The big tarantulas are feared, and probably with good 

 reason, though I have heard of no cases where people or 

 animals were bitten. 



Below will be found a short record of the various ex- 

 peditions sent out by the California Academy of Sciences 

 to Baja California and other parts of Mexico: 



1. Expedition in March, 1888. W.E.Bryant. Mag- 

 dalena Island, San Jorge to Comondu and across the 

 peninsula to La Giganta and Loreto. Back by La Gi- 

 ganta, San Gabriel, San Juan. Back through Comondu. 



2. Expedition spring of 1889. W. E. Bryant and Chas. 

 D. Haines. Magdalena Island, Santa Margarita Island, 

 San Jorge, Comondu, from there overland to San Gre- 

 gorio, San Ignacio, Calmalli, Santa Borgia, El Rosario, 

 San Quintin. 



3. Expedition September and October, 1890. W. E.. 

 Bryant. San Jose del Cabo, Agua Caliente, Sierra, Tri- 

 umfo, La Paz, 



4. Expedition March to May, 1892. W. E. Bryant, 

 Gustav Eisen. San Jose del Cabo, Miraflores, Agua 

 Caliente, Santiago, Gulf shore, Sierra Laguna, San Fran- 

 cisquito, La Paz, Espiritu Santa Island, Guaymas, So- 

 nora, Hermosillo, Durasnillas, San Miguel. 



5. Expedition September and October, 1893. Gustav 



