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stove in—all this in the course of what the Captain called fairly good 
weather! ihe halklands are well-known in scientific annals chiefly 
through the visitations of Darwin and of the “Challenger,” and 
through the collections of Mr. Rupert Vallentin. Most helpful assist¬ 
ance was extended me during more than a month’s stay (February to 
A pi il, tc )-/ ) on East Falkland by the Governor, the Colonial officials, 
and all the private citizens with whom 1 came in contact. The interest 
of the school hoys of Stanley caused them to bring in a number of 
specimens which might otherwise not have been obtained ; and a brief 
talk to a class of pupils at Teal Inlet resulted in establishing a new 
record of the occurrence of one of the rarer shrimps (Campylonotus 
vagcins Bate), heretofore known from the Straits of Magellan, Cape 
Horn and South Georgia, taken by Miss Eileen Felton from the 
roots of kelp hauled from water about two fathoms in depth for the 
purpose of fertilizing the fields. 
laking advantage of an opportunity offered while in the Falklands, 
a trip was made via the once-yearly mail boat to Deception Island of 
the South Shetlands, the headquarters of the whaling industry of 
that region. On the way, several tow-net hauls yielded a number of 
organisms new to the National Museum collections. 
In the course of my return journey to the States, beginning April 28 
m the Falkland Islands, collections were made at several ports in 
Argentine Patagonia : Rio Gallegos, Santa Cruz, San Julian, Deseada, 
Comodoro Rivadavia, and Puerto Madryn. At Buenos Aires, 
through the continuing kindness of Dr. Doello-Jurado, Director of 
the Argentine National Museum, a loan of further study collections 
of Crustacea was obtained. At Sao Paulo, Brazil, the Museo Paulista, 
fiom which we have had most helpful cooperation for a great many 
veai s, was revisited during the two days that the northward bound 
steamer was taking its cargo of coffee on board at Santos. I arrived 
in New York on June 7, reaching Washington two days later. 
Ihe most grateful acknowledgment is due to the memory of 
ilis. \ iiginia Purdy Bacon and her son, Walter Rathbone Bacon, in 
whose honoi she founded the travelling* scholarship which made pos¬ 
sible this geueial reconnaissance of the marine fauna of the greater 
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pait ot the coasts of South America, resulting in more than 15,000 
specimens, and many valuable notes and observations. x4 great deal 
of this material is new to the National Museum’s collections, including 
many additional records of occurrence and distribution, and, as far 
as the limited preliminary studies have indicated, a number of species 
new to science. 
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