to visit the Institute Butantan, which is under the efficient direction of Dr. 
Afranio do Amaral. Two days were spent in Butantan seeing the excellent scientific 
in the surrounding country. A visit to the Museu Paulista at Ypiranga under Dr. 
Amaral’s guidance afforded an opportunity to obtain from the director. Dr. Taunay, 
some extremely valuable bird and mammal skins, of which there were formerly no 
examples in the National Museum collection. Permission was /secured from Dr. 
Hoehne, the eminent botanist, to visit the biological station at Alto da Serra, a 
beautiful bit of rain forest on the crest of the Serra da Cubatab between Sab Paulo 
Cr'i'.t J 3 
and Santos. A number of rare frogs were secured in the three days of collecting 
fine lot of fish bought at the market there. 
daughter ,a»d -the colored servant, was in early May to Nova Friburgo in the heart 
of the Organ Moxintains five hours by train from the city of Rio de Janeiro. Here 
the party was most cordially entertained for Xive days by an American lady, Mrs. , 
Ur^jl c nJ ^ 7 
V.E. Schilling, on whose large estate some interesting frogs were seourad, -fe«b as 
the cold season was approaching, it was not easy to find them in numbers. 
sion to bring my large collection out of the country. The material, when unpacked 
and distributed in the National Museiom, proved to be of great interest to all the 
departments concerned,' aad’-ats- the localities visited were those from which the 
A 
value, of the collection was ."'doubled therety. 
