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WALDO L. SCHMITT 
Bacon Scholarship 
Aug. 1926 - May 1927 
Cans from Guayaquil; 
^1. From Salinas and Punta Santa Elena, Sept. 1926. 
Land crabs are in bundles as sold in market. 
Crabs purchased in "Mercado del Sur" Guayaquil, Sept. 21 & 22, 1926. 
#3. Fish and crabs ptrrchased in market, Guayaquil. 
Crabs, Sept. 22, 1926; fish purchased Sept. 23, 1926. 
#4. Stuff from Salinas, plus two spiny lobsters purchased from man on 
board Cypress at G u a qui - 1, Sept. fl926 J 
Bacon scholarship has enabled me to live again the pleasures and aspirations 
that must have guided Stimpson, John Xantus, and others who contributed so 
largely to our knowledge of the invertebrates of America. Here at Paita alone 
I have found five if not six shrimps not obtained by Dr. Coker, and a Menippe 
and a Cancer not appearing in his collection. Of course one meets with many 
disappointments, particularly as regards fishermen. 
Chimbote, Peru should be collected. 
Here at Paita they speak of a Langostina much smaller, whidh they say 
is quite different from the Langosta. 
In Ecuador the one spiny lobster fisherman I was able to get to catch me 
some looked for specimens without a water glass, dropped a casting net over 
them and then dove over to bring them up. 
Here in Paita, Peru, the water is always roily it seems, and the men go 
out among the rocks and feel around under them, and pull them out. The 
result is they get mostly small ones. Or else Itheyl put a seine around the 
rocks and by i>oking around them with an oar try to scare the lobsters in the 
net. 
