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to Tjg 
e.T-i-on»^ nf t i h^ +t.nnni-nri Dt . Portsr is part i cular ly/cornmended 
for and his persor-al financial support of the Revista Chilena 
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In Santiago, ths.Jaa ad i 'f aart o r s of the Chilean Forest Pish and 

Game Commiss ion,'pr. Nrnesto Maldonado , _Direct(^,|.';a^x^4^^^e#-»««''|the very 
excellent small museum maintained hy this department In consultation 
with Dr. Maldonado and Dr. Augusto Opazo tlv of the Fisheries Service, plans 
were outlined hy which the Institution would undertake to prepare a report 
on the Crustacea of the coasts of Chile, based upon material to he collected 
and shipped to iYashington for the purpo^J? 
'i'he American Ambassador to Chile, Mr. Collier, is to he thanked 
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for his kindness in lending a member of his staff to th^syf preliminary ■ 
The Musew. of the University of Concision, though small, is 
still growing and covers a wide range of activities. It is the best museum 
of its kind that it was ray pleasure to visit on the West coast of South 
America. That it is an institution of great promise is almost entirely due 
to the energy and enthusiasm of its Director, Dr. Carlos Oliver Schneider. 
From Talcahuano, Castro on the Island of Chiloe was reached five 
days later, after short stops en route, permitting some shore collecting 
at Lota^, Corral . Southward through the Chonos Archipelago and the canals of 
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southern Chile to the Straits of fegellan, the scenery in many respects 
compares favorably with that of the Inland ra/ey^ageli to Alaska. This vast 
stretch of coast from Castro south ifwmr miles in a straight line 
is ttill a "terra incognita" with but little more known of its resources and 
scientific potentialities than when Darwin first visited^ 
years ago. 
Prom all reports of Chilean Ifeval officials it should prove an extremely 
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fertile field of marine research by , expedition properly equipped to explore 
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its otherwise inaccessible fastnesses. Collections of animals or^pborly 
