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Letters , Extracts, and Notes. 
“ It is, of course, quite impossible, now that such an ex¬ 
tensive settlement has been made at Wakatimi, to change 
our route, so we shall be obliged to go overland from our 
camp at Toupoue. Dr. Marshall is now engaged in cutting 
a trail from there to the first big river—the Kamura,—and 
we have a large canoe on that river ready to ferry us over. 
Some of us have explored the country for a long way to the 
east of that river, so that we now know exactly where we 
have to go.” 
Mr. Shortridge, whose first collections have arrived in 
England and are now under examination, has been suffering 
much from fever, and has been obliged to go to New South 
Wales for a few months to recruit his health. Mr. Claude 
Grant, who has been sent out to take the late Mr. Stalker’s 
place, left England on June 18th, and will pick up at Singa¬ 
pore two well-trained Dyak collectors, whose services have 
been kindly lent to the Committee by Mr. H. C. Robinson, 
the Director of the Kuala-Lumpur Museum. 
During the months of April and May Mr. Goodfellow was 
chiefly engaged in obtaining a permanent staff of coolies and 
in superintending the movement of the stores. Mr. Wool- 
aston passed most of the time in charge of the base-camp at 
Wakatimi, making occasional visits to Toupoue, which was 
the headquarters of Mr. Shortridge, Captain Rawling, and 
Dr. Marshall. The camp there is a far healthier spot than 
Wakatimi, the water being clear, while at the mouth of the 
river it is foul and muddy. 
With great satisfaction the Committee are able to announce 
that the Government have agreed to support the Expedition 
by making a grant in aid of its Funds of <£4000. This is 
most gratifying, as indicating not only a recognition of the 
importance of the undertaking, but also a welcome sympathy 
with its objects. 
Adding the amount raised by private subscriptions (about 
£4500) the Committee will thus have £8500 at their disposal. 
But further assistance will be gratefully received by the 
Treasurer (Mr. Fagan), in order to carry on the exploration 
