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We quote from the latest letter received from Mr. Anthony. It was 

 written to a member of hi.s departm.ent, under date of January 23rd. 



"Thi.s week we leave Portovelo for the last time and come on out to 

 Guayaquil. We shall probably start north for the States early in Febru- 

 ary ar.d ought to arrive there early in March. We have two or three 

 thirgs to attend to out near the coast and a trip to make to Quito before 

 we are finished, but that should not require more than two weeks. 



"Our last trip was north of here into high country, above forest: 

 it was quite cold at times. It took us six days to go and five to return, 

 ridii g from early in the morning until late in the afternoon of each day, 

 and we crossed a great deal of country in that time. We happened to 

 start out ju.st as the .spring rains set in, and our trip was anything but 

 pleasant the first few days. We got some good material and now have 

 nearly 3,0C0 specimens of birds and mammals, about 20 cases of differ- 

 ent sizes. It has been some task to get all of this packed up, but we 

 finished the last of it todav." 



GRIN AND BEAR IT 



First Employee, excitedly: "Think of it, folks! A restaurant where 

 you can get the most wonderful lunch — delicious soup, a fine meat 

 cour.se with potatoes and two vegetables, salad, coffee, the kind of des- 

 sert that's so good you feel you shouldn't be eating it — all for 8.40!" 

 Chorus of Assembled Employees: "Where? Where is this place?" 

 First Employee: ''Oh, I don't know where there Z^- such a place 

 But just think of it!" 



^'isitor to the Mu.seum: "They call this a museem of nacheral 

 histry, but I declare I ain't never seen such onnncheral critters as they 

 have here! " 



Fii'st Youth: "Say, how d'yuh teach a girl to swim?" 



Second Youth: "Why, you i)ick out a nice quiet spot, where it's 



not too deep, and there's no waves, and you talk soothing to the pretty 



creature till she's got enough confidence in you to lay on the water 'n 



then vou tell 'er not to be afraid, but to shoot out her arms and legs 



