Southward Ho! 
by Harold Nossiter 
H. F. G. Witherby Ltd. 
Holborn, London /1938? 36? 
* Leon Mandel-Field Museum Galapagos 
Exped: Dec. 19, 1940-March 10, 1941 
Write Osgood or Karl S. 
Larvicide for fish poison 
400 ft bank bet. Cocos & Panama young sail 
fish; in aquarium, under light, always headed 
down. Whaler thought [so as] to avoid 
sunlight. 
Penguins, not later than May. Some time[s] 
before 
* Get Mandel acct see page facing this 
June 8-42 
Rushing passport to make airport upset 
McKenna no end. Arv eve. Leaks’ 
intervention got it to me by 10; taxi to Mus 35; 
hopped into Sterns’ waiting car & made 
airport by 10.30. Got ticket; & plane was late. 
Got away at 1 1 a.m. Porte [Gate?] 25. 
At noon before making Charleston began to 
serve lunch, and then got a few mild bumps, 
didn’t amount to much; but suddenly got a 
good one that took everything off the trays. 
Couple of cakes & the stuff hit the ceiling 
strawberry shortcake left red stains & such 
Murphy choco paper to Mr. Evans, 
remembers nice talk of last year Nat. Hist. 
Soc. Panama 
Zetek Off 2 - 2485 
Res 2-2775 
Gentes Herbarum 
L. H. Bailey 
I, no. 1., Palms and their Characteristics 
pp.1-29, figs 1-19, March 15, 1933. 
Whaler. 2-1923 / Lee 2-1352 
Apr. 12, 1941 Colliers cure for Leprosy; base 
on active observation. Taro. How keen after 
all the natives were believed taro eating made 
you weak, & it was just those who ate taro on 
other side of river (Niger) who suffered from 
leprosy while non-eaters did not. 
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Ricardo Palmer (Librarian, onetime) Lima, 
Peru, Tradiciones Peruanas 
high (over windows) up on side of house. 
Milk, peas, cider, fruit salad beans and what 
not over everybody & everything. Lunch, 
cider, | ripe | green olive, 3 mints, 2 little 
containers cream, strawberry short cake, fruit 
salad, filet mignon, peas, browned in gravy 
potatoes, butter 2 rolls, 2 crackers (Ritz). Had 
about 2 bites meat & 1 roll before tip ribs 
came. 2 men got heads bumped (one with cut 
forehead, steward put mercurochrome on it). 
Sort of a mess on floor, seats brief case & 
toilet case. Wiped it all up. Left side my coat 
badly spotted. May have time for cleaner in 
Miami. On time at Jacksonville, hot, but nice 
breeze blowing. 
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Ens. Harold L. Henkel 
944 West 10th St. 
Eire, Penna 
mother, Mrs. Paul H. Henkel 
Grandson of Dr. Bauer whom Stejneger knew 
visited S. at Mus. last year 
Col. Wm. Gravely 
Lt. Robt. Chambers 
Chaplain J. Pfeiffer 
Curtains were kept shut most of way 
down/Because of customs & immigration etc. 
Had to leave downtown office of Pan Am, at 
4.45 a.m. so got to bed about 10 p.m. Didn’t 
sleep well because of humidity in spite of nice 
breeze, got rained on in airport, before & 
after dinner. Child’s steak dinner ("not so 
hot"). Nothing much to do. 
Last evening had my duffle bag passed by 
customs men downtown who were very nice 
about special passport; so I took out soft grip 
to hang out coat; that’s where I made my 
mistake, for on morning of ninth at 
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