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normal. An isolated case now antl then niii^ht be attributed to acci- 

 dent or to violence ; but these cases are so common as to lead to the 

 belief that it is a disease and. so far as I have observed, it ai)pears to 

 be confined to this one species, with the exception of one case in 

 which I noticed the mitstaclic monkey attected b}- it.'' 



Detailed work has been done in the neighborhood of this base, and 

 several expeditions have been made away from it. Under date of 

 September i, 1918, Air. Aschemeier gives the following- list of the 

 more important specimens collected: Birds, 671; small mammals, 

 758 ; monkeys, 79 ; gorillas, 2 ; chimpanzees, 8 ; buffalo, 14 ; antelope, 

 42 : wild pig'. 10. 



I'k;. 34. — Ridiiif^ water l)uttaloes is tlie favorite pastime of Celebean 

 cliildrcii, especially small boys. During the hot part of the day the 

 buffaloes spend most of their time in a pond or pool, witli all but their 

 heads submerKerl, ])aying little or no attentinn to the children thai climb 

 over them and dive from their l)acks. 



War conditions ha\-c seriousK' inter fei-cd wilh lln' shipmi-nl of 

 materia] to Washington. < )f llie lols thai ha\i' been sent onl\ llirec 

 harl arri\-ed nji to tlie cikI of Jamiary, i';i<;. These included a lotal ot 

 805 s])ecimens, all in gooil condiiion. Among the more interesting 

 mav be mentioned a gorill;i. se\cn chimpanzees, ij Itull.iloes. eight 

 wild pigs anrl ])arts of an elephant. 



I'.xri-.Dii i()\ 'lo !'.< )i';\'h:o .x.xd ci'.i.i-r.i'S 



in the rcp<»rt on explorations during iiji'i ( Sniilhsoni.ni Misi 

 Coll., vol. (yf), no. 17, pp. 2()-,^3) an account was -i\cn ol tield-wor 



