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1 am writing this porsonal Avord now to you to report iinoxpt^cted .success, 

 and to state that we are all well. It may be that reports of my injuries 

 have reached the United States, as the papers here carried alarmist 

 reports of severe injuries to me while on an expedition in Luzon to the 

 Negrito country. A vicious horse did kick my leg badly, and the wound 

 is not yet healed, but I have kept at work." 



Dr. Crampton reports very successful collecting during his two 

 months in Guam, and arrangements made for .securing a full series of the 

 birds of Guam for Dr. Chapman. His work in the Philipi)ines was de- 

 layed by the terri])le typhoon there — the worst in fifteen years. He 

 made valuable ecological observations, however, and did some collect- 

 ing. By the Dean of the College of Agriculture he was offered — and he 

 accepted — a complete collection of the named reptilia and amphil)ia of 

 the Philippines, and a full collection of the named insects. He has also 

 taken up the matter of exchanging material with the Canton Christian 

 College, which has complete collections of all South China — birds, 

 mammals, reptiles, amphibians, etc.. and has been able to establi.sh 

 clo.se relations with this in.stitution. 



We quote from the latest letter of Mr. Anthony: 



''We got back from a side trip to the south, going almost to the 

 Peruvian border, into the toughest part of the republic, on the 14th of 

 October; left on September 10th. We were nine days in the saddle and 

 saw lots of country and lots of people — too much of the latter. We slept 

 with our doors locked when it was cool enough, and with them open and 

 our guns at hand when it wasn't, letting this fact get noised about town 

 in order to save ammunition. Before this was known to the townspeople 

 we had to hold the door against the efforts of a drunk, one night, but 

 afterward we weren't bothered. Our last night before we started north 

 a man was murdered just below the town, and another night we shared 

 our quarters with a prisoner Avho was l)eing taken to prison escorted by 

 eight men. The prisoner was a sick man, had his hands tied to his sides 

 and a long rope around his neck, which explains the meagre numbers 

 of his escort. 



"We have been going along at a pretty fair clip and have over 1,800 

 specimens now, some 1,200 birds and 625 mammals; — as many as 600 

 means that I have had unusual luck. I hope l^efore we fini.sh to set up a 

 record, as I .shall be al)le to do if nothing unforeseen happens. We 



