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INDIANA UNIVERSITY STUDIES 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



The reeonnaissance outlined above was made possible tb rough 

 the personal cooperation of President W. L. Bryan. The Trustees 

 of the University gave me leave of absence for the purpose of tlie 

 trip. The entire expenses of the expedition were assumed by the 

 Carnegie IMuseum on my return. 



The first series, including types and uniques of all the fishes 

 collected by ine, belongs to the Carnegie ]\Tuseum : the second series, 

 to Indiana University. The numerous duplicates belong to the 

 Carnegie ^Museum, and will he distributed, as exchanges, to other 

 museums. 



Everywhere along the line of travel, I met with the most cour- 

 teous cooperation on the part of citizens of Colombia, and on the 

 part of others traveling, or temporarily in residence. Among those 

 that deserve special mention are: 



Mr. W. E. H. Diekin, Mr. Thomas Miller, Mr. Harry D. Cutbiil, 

 Dr. Felipe Zapata, and Dr. R. A. Salas, of the railroads of Co- 

 lombia ; all of wh(mi furnished me with free transportation. Mr. 

 Henri Banneau, a commercial traveler from Paris, who was fa- 

 miliar with all the traveled parts of South America, became enthusi- 

 astic over the fishing. Under his guidance the boat crew on the 

 steamer up the Magdalena secured valuable material. At Honda 

 and about F^ogota, he himself entered actively into the work of 

 collecting; and between Calaraar and Bogota, he relieved me en- 

 tirely of the vexatious handling of my baggage. Mr. L. M. Mon- 

 santo, of New York, kindly acted as interpreter during the earlier 

 part of the journey. Brother Apolinar Maria, at Bogota, secured 

 me guides to the best fishing places. Mr Edward H. Mason, of 

 Cali, helped in various ways, both before and after I landed in 

 Colombia. Mr. J. A. Mayolo, of Buenaventura, and the steamship 

 company he represents, granted me special favors; 1 am further 

 indebted to Mr. Mayolo for letters of introduction, and other cour 

 tesies. Others deserving special mention are Manuel Estan, of 

 Caldas; Rodolfo Arriaga and Antonio Asprilla., of Istmina ; Ciceron 

 Angel, of Quibdo ; and Miguel Soto, Captain of the Neiva. Manuel 

 Gonzales acted as sen^ant and general assistant on the latter part 

 of the trip. After my return he made extensive collections at 

 Puerto Berrio and at Apulo. These have been acquired by Indiana 

 University. 



