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tween the ridge of Desbarriere and the north slope of La 
Hotte. From Tardieu I ascended the main peak (Pic de 
Macaya on the map, but called merely “La Hotte” locally; 
7,800 ft. or a little less), taking four days (October 15-18) 
for the climb and descent. I spent an exceedingly cold 
night on top, with no cover except a leather jacket, and 
encountered various difficulties of no particular scientific 
interest. The climax of the ascent was partly spoiled by 
the discovery that surveyors had been up two or three years 
before, cutting a temporary trail from the other side, and 
had felled an acre or two of the big pines on the highest 
point to make room for surveying targets, but my catch 
of ground insects was more than satisfactory. From Oc- 
tober 19 to 22 our departure from Tardieu was blocked by 
the river, flooded by heavy rains; then two days of steady 
walking took us back to Camp Perrin. On October 26 and 
again on the 27th I collected along the shores of Etang 
Lachaux, a fine, small lake an hour’s walk over a ridge 
east of Camp Perrin. This was perhaps the best single 
locality I found below 1,000 ft. for ground collecting. Mira- 
goane (October 30 to November 2), on the other hand, 
proved to be about the worst, in spite of the extensive 
swamps along the lake shore. On November 2 I reached 
Port-au-Prince again. Four days later an attack of ma- 
laria forced me to go up to Kenskoff, above the city, on 
one of the outer ridges of the Massif de la Selle, at about 
4,500 ft., to rest and recuperate in the cool climate. I did 
a little collecting in the neighborhood, from about 4,000 
ft. to Morne Tranchant, about 6,000, directly above Kens- 
koff. From November 15 to 20, after returning to Port- 
au-Prince, I made a very unprofitable trip to Manneville, 
at the western end of Etang Saumatre, and to swampy 
Trou Caiman nearby, and an equally unprofitable ascent 
of Mt. Trou d’Eau (about 5,200 ft.). This is the highest 
Haitian peak just north of the Cul de Sac, near Thoma- 
zeau. On November 22 I sailed from Port-au-Prince for 
New York. 
Present Forests of Haiti : Four centuries of occupation 
by a large population of Negro peasants (according to the 
World Almanac there are about 2,550,000 people in the 
country to-day, or about 250 per square mile) have left no 
