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of the Ilongots of Dumabatu, Tamsi, Alicad, and Cagadyangan, and 

 having assembled his collections at Dumabatu, was preparing to raft 

 them to Echaque, when he was killed by natives. The following re- 

 port from Assistant Curator Simms, dated November 26, 1909, from 

 Tagudin, Mt. Province, is of interest: "I have the pleasure to report 

 that my stay in the Ifugao territory (where I journeyed after com- 

 pleting my work in connection with the affairs of the late Dr. Jones) 

 was one of success, having collected more than a thousand specimens 

 forming a typical and comprehensive collection from this interesting 

 people, who, up to the time of making this collection were but poorly 

 represented in the Museum. In this collection there is a full size 

 typical house, also forges, models, objects in progress of manufacture, 

 etc. My next scene of investigation and collecting was among the 

 Igorot of the sub-province of Amburayan — principally at Bacun 

 and immediate vicinity. From this little known area I made a 

 collection of several hundred specimens which greatly increase the 

 value of an already large and valuable collection of Igorot material, 

 by the filling in of a previously existing gap. I sincerely hope to 

 get my material shipped soon, that it may reach Chicago the first 

 of -the coming year." The collections of Dr. Jones and Assistant 

 Curator Simms are now in transit from Manila. Dr. Berthold Laufer 

 continued his ethnological survey of Tibet under the Blackstone fund. 

 Early in May, Assistant Curator Lewis left for New Guinea and the 

 adjacent islands, beginning the three years survey under the Joseph 

 N. Field South Pacific Islands Fund. After a brief stay in Hawaii he 

 proceeded to the Fiji islands, where he was able to secure a fairly com- 

 prehensive collection, comprising about 70 type specimens, baskets, 

 mats, posts, fishing outfits, etc., in various stages of completion. From 

 Fiji Mr. Lewis journeyed to Sydney, Australia, and from thence to Her- 

 bertshohe, Bismark Archipelago. From here, without delay, he set 

 out upon a trip along the coast of German New Guinea, from Huon 

 Gulf to Berlin Hafen, with the intention of returning to the former 

 locality to begin work. Early in October Mr. Cole returned to the 

 Philippines on his second R. F. Cummings' Expedition, to make 

 investigations among the wild tribes of the southern islands. He 

 will first work among the Mangyans of Mindoro, a Malayan tribe 

 having a written language quite different from that used by other 

 Malayan people. After visiting certain sections of Palawan he will 

 go to Negros for a somewhat lengthy sojourn. Upon completion of 

 this work he will go to Mindanao for an extended stay among pagan 

 tribes found toward the interior of that island. 



