' March 29,1940. 
Dr. Wilson Popenoe, 
c/o United Fruit Company, 
Guatemala City, Guatemala. 
The information in yours of March 22 fran Caracas re¬ 
garding the Goagira is exactly what I need. I thank you 
for your trouble. 
Since writing you I have secured a report by a German 
geologist, who was through that region a few years ago, 
studying water possibilities for the Colombian government. 
His dope checks with yours that October and November are 
the rainy months and that field work there should be done 
in the spring. I think it would be foolish, under the cir¬ 
cumstances, to plan a fall trip so shall lay this aside with : 
the hope that I can go to the Goagira in March and April next 
year or, if not, I may send some one in there to do some work 
for us. lour offer of facilities at Carrasquero was most kind 
and I shall keep this in mind with the idea of doing something 
about it next year.’ It would hardly be worth while to make any 
arrangements now until we have certain dates to go on. 
Ventura Barnes, the young chap that you met with me in 
Caracas in 1937, has now gone into the service of Mr. illiam 
Phelps of Caracas as an ornithologist, and is working actively 
all over Venezuela in making collections. I had a letter from 
him a few days ago written from the Goagira but as I under¬ 
stand it he is restricting his investigations to the narrow line 
along the gulf side of the peninsula on the southeast that is 
claimed by Venezuela. Confidentially the section in which I 
have most interest is that on the slopes of certain mountains at 
the extreme eastern point. While these are arid there is said 
to be some forest above a Franciscan school, which is a place 
called Navarate, which is reached through Puerto Estrella. I am 
putting your letter with my notes on this region to see what I 
can work up a little later about it. 
The matter of the Congress is moving along about as usual 
and is now taking practically all of my time. I am looking forward 
