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car in order to make a short cut of about two miles 

 to attain the other — the Caribbean side of the pen- 

 insula. Here, to their great joy, the first Cerion 

 were taken. Torre and Rodriguez continued in 

 the car bound for the cape, eventually arriving 

 at the lighthouse. 



The return journey afoot of Clapp and Simpson 

 through the hot forest and swamps was a heart- 

 breaking experience. As this was intended for a 

 preliminary skirmish to get the lay of the land, 

 note the character of its vegetation and prospect 

 for the best collecting stations, more time was 

 spent by them in forging ahead to explore than in 

 actually searching for specimens. However, the 

 land-shells they did obtain were of great interest 

 and specifically different from anything so far 

 collected upon our expedition. 



Having provisioned the launch for a day (the 

 engine had revived under drier weather conditions) 

 and with a great array of collecting paraphernalia, 

 Bartsch, the Patron, and myself, with Greenlaw 

 in charge, set out for adventure, prepared to follow 

 wherever it might lead. We first inspected the 

 Lena keys and made some hauls in the narrow 

 deep passages between the islands where a bottom 



