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4. .gotMaMarm'tiQa* li@asur®» should b® taksa "fco prot©c1» all at 
fast ‘TOulshii^ wild Ilf® ©f th® Islands* Espscial att®«tloii should b® gl-wm 
to tha tortoises, poaguias, iguaims, and saakoe, as tlioy aro laoro nearly on 
tl^ vorgo of axtiJistiou than ai^ of tl.i© othor aaSsial®* fli® protootioa of the 
tortoises omi be host -aoeoiaplisliod 'bs prowatiiig their us® by tmxi and by the 
eliiaiiiatioa of their the Introdtioed dooestl© aalimls whloh Imve run 
wild* Cattle, present, to soa®. oaEteat are ©oE^tltorif but d<^8, oats, 
wild pigs, and introduood ship rats aro their worst enssalos, iadisortMiaatoly 
destroyiug youag and €®gs i^erewr laid* Fwaeed areas sliould b® iustallsd to 
proteot imtohing sites* la o^Mrtaiu other fenoed areas young tortoises oould 
b® raised t© a si*® «dier® they would b® iasMO® to attaoks* faimrable 
ooaditions tortoises secBa to gi^rar suoh mrw rapidly than has been beliewd in 
the past. 
The- followiag ©atiaates are predloatod oa assistaao® that oould 
b« gotten froEi the eatablisteont that th® Sayy .laay haw® set up in tb® Islands* 
Fr-c® this organisation trimsporisatton, subsistenoe, medieal sorrloes, ax^ 
sldLlled and otiiar help would b« eapeoted in oaring for the laboratoi^*s per* 
sonnol and for ©rooting buildings and installis^ ®«|uli>a«at, . oto* 
A further rsoonxiaisaam® of the Islands is adwisnbl® at this tisie, 
if only to so® what my haw® already been don® the Sawy and to ooasult with 
those dlrootly ©a Hie ground, in order to host promt® th® lastiHition*® pirns 
with rogard to the Islands* 
