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the iacrea^©* fw of the Sfoolame tak« by Oaptjaia I®acock will be ©mt to 
oar Boological Perk whm weather eoadltlaas o^er the rnmiem. m&’mt&ln rrnigm 
sa."& more favorfeble* 
On the w*^ froa Hood Islend 'to Gaay&qoil, Icaador, gtop® were made 
mr&rf hondrsd ailee for tiie purpose of tskiag water eeaples tn<i serial t«pecr»- 
PrOE the OTSliag of Wehrmxj' third to the moming of tlie Bs'renth, ih® 
Valero III iciy sMichored la the Ou^es Biver off awy&qail, where the C&ptaia snid 
iht Valero HI enseable gave s coacei’t folloafed by an huur of aoving pictures 
of the ajsil&pa^os sad other laciaeat® ptotogrephed daring the variou® Hancock 
©atpeditiona, with aeooKpanyiag lectm*# by ir* Swett. 
Wording aor'tla»rd along th© Ecuador and Colombia co&sts .toward Pajtifima, 
#top.0 for dredging, ahor® eolleetlag, or picture taking were a&d® February 8th 
at La Libertad, Icmdor, fi*oa which as a base the finest hauls of hydroids were 
obtained by Br. Fraser off Punta Santa ileii&i february 8th and 10th, Lo Plats 
Isl&adf Februji-ry 11th, S&ii Francisco Bay| February Ikth, Gorgoaa Island, Coloabi®, 
whsa's M.r* Swett secured our* secend porjiois©, while two bs/ts ser# takm In a cm& 
by the tftemooa shore party i February IStii, C&bits Bey, whars th« excaedinfly 
auddy bottoa 41 acoirrsgod dredging, but where tli© opporturiity of seeiag a reel 
tropicsl rain fo.regt sad® this brief stop m mforgettable on©, mx slsost 
iB.peaetrsble jungle, rich in fern®, orchids, snd lisnas of various kinds, huge 
trees, thorny s^mibs, aad vines of all descrlptioas, th® beauty end varxe'ly of 
the orchid® wee a rev^atloni cad February i4th. Port Otria, coloable, a veritable 
fioi*d in th© tropics, also .In tiie tropical rain forest belt, but drier and not 
so iapeaetrable as the jungle «it Ca.bita Bay, y®t Quite rich in showy orchids# 
On February IStl^ we tied up to ’the dock at Balboa where w© rosined 
until near noon on the 19th. -I concert and lector® were given her® hy Csptoin 
Hancock} and visit® were paid to th© local orcMd garceas maintained by the 
