Arfciol® I 
fbm of asa&dor, swklug to |jpot©et ttio mtiT® wild 
life of til# Oalapago® Islands » and to obtain further knowledge of tli# m- 
oaosio resouroos, n&tuml hiatorsi'j^ and aotiwsroloQ?' of the Islands and tlm 
oeeanography of tSieir oontipicms waters, 
(a) *^daarirl”’^*thottt #l»rs® or other restriotioa 
prior 0€»altsasnts as m«^ already hate been laade by tlwj. Sowercsamst of Eonador 
to the Soveraaait of the United States of j^rioa) grant the M.th*onlan 
Institutlm th® ose of tl^ @atir# island of Sinth Ssyttjitr in the tkdlapagos, 
or at least a snffiolently (Ksteasiw sit® for th® aoastruoticti of a researoh 
laboratory, lodging®, ontbtillding®, storag# taaaks for fuel and water, water- 
ebed or boito/ tf booMo^ry, eoaMBjioatloa syst«a, and doofc and 
harbor faoilltios ©a the so«tl»ra shore of South Se|«jar Islaaid near its 
western ®nd, unlos® ®<»a© other site be satually agreed upon subsequent to tli® 
rstlfioation of this o-ooperatlTe agreMsaeatt in any im«» tli® sit# f.laally 
seleoted Is to be defined as to ®®t«« and bouad®, and laid out, by the 
ithsoaiaa Jjastitutioa or it® repr©®«ita.tives^ 
(b) shall th® Soithsosiaa Institution fre® aooess to all parts 
of all at proB&nk unlabitM, as well a® at present inhabited Islands in 
arohip©lago, with m&ms&ry personnel, #<|ai|®©at. 
mtd apparmtus 
for the lairpos# of osrr' 
proi^Mod soieatifio studies and in'rostigatlc®#. 
and th® right to oolleot saeli ' speoiaeai® and aatertal as my b® needed for 
Suc\\ 
those studies «aul inw0stigtttl<mai and shall grant tl» Saithsonlon Institution 
the poraissism to sreot, if need be, tteiporary branoh laboratories, temporary 
living quarters and neoessary outbulMings , ocKmunioatioas and landing faoll- 
ities on may island should ih& st»Si®s and investlgatioas require ®uoh in- 
stallations, provided that private property or holdings ^sistiag m tb® 
