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laboratory. The liitioml &ts©ua, in ifiCTf of the v,'ealth of th^JCountr '/ t-here 
the iterican dollar is at a disooxat-, sItouH Ifxve a rmr and iitlependert 
buJlding imtead of leir^ hoisod in a portion of tho Teatro Solis building. 
At Buenos /dres the first year's field work ty as brcsight to conclusion 
with an oxaraimtion consuiaing the better part of two reeks alt the extensi?© 
carustacean collections here brought together by tlie Buems Mres Ik'^eum. 
emission wjis granted to talc© a selected series back to 'vashing 
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of subsidizing fishera^on, and providii:^; them with suitable collection kits 
for the preservation of tie inter, sting isaterial that rmy turn in pursuit 
tv^c,> 0.1 go gPO\\cK d-Q ^ 
of their calling. VtJte famous mseina at I^a Plata rai-gifo »ioi"lwi,d where. 
in addition to their marvelous exldbit of fossil vertebrates, other zoological 
collections are maintai.ned, ilere too the card nolog i cal coiioctions wore 
Host generously temered for study in ’ashington. 
Lvei'__. tdiere nost cordial and helpftil assistance was rendered both bv 
national and local governnient officials and Eiemlora of the /ffiierican diplomatic 
and cons alar services* Interested resideitis and scientific ■swrkors in the 
several countries vial Lad frequently arranged rerun© rativo trips to proven 
collecting groii'ds* In conjunction with tlie collections cf representative 
fcTEB, observations upon their pl:^sical erwironment ■ er© made, with a view 
to a better uatler standing of their geographical distribution. South Americans 
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of German descent contribute quite a noticeable element to tte population in 
tae totals for the several countries b«^gg outnumbered l:y teose of Italian 
extraction. Tiiqy wers most syiaimthotie and helpful in furteering scientific 
studies of any kind. Lacking a knowledge of tlio native tongue in southern 
Brazil or Spanish South ikaerica, a knov/ledge of German will stand one in 
