celebrated naturalist, visited Muller's former home and saw the very 
Simple ndcroscopes with which he did such excellent work. 
He returned to Sao Francisco October 27 when several cases 
of specimens were packed for shipnent to Washington, The weather and tides 
being favorable, some excellent collections of shrimps and amphipods were 
made at this station, and he says ”l*ve extended the ranges of a number of 
species, and surely found a couple of new ones here**. 
He arrived off Itajahy at 8 p.m., Nov. 2, after a cold, 
rainy trip, and early the next morning anchored off Flor ianopolis. C The food 
struck in all Brazil.} Some townet hauls and shore collecting here oroduced 
excellent results. ( s^.. t imQ ,,h^vS t^tas-^^hat, : t<i^b e,.^ t-- ^ o> JJ^and e 
do Sul by the fourth of Noy^Eberi^aai(i,..a-..f‘§:w at Montevideo. 
Owing to the Diany unavoidable delays. Dr. Schmitt has not been 
able to progress as rapidly as he had hoped, but the ground has been as 
thoroughly ivor ked as possible and several cases of specimens have already 
been received at the Museum. His collections at this time comprise several 
thousand specimens and consist chiefly of Crustacea, Coelenterates, Porifera, 
hchinoderms. Annelids, Bryozoa, and Fishes.'^ 
