A^juidens sp 69 39. Fish from the Pools in Pitch Lake. Hoplias malabariciis 69 40. Our Sloop at Guanoco 72 41. Venezuelan Soldiers on the "Ponton" Guard Ship 76 42. Captain Tru.xillo paddling us up the Guarapiche past Caiia Colorado 78 43. Sunset in the Mangro\'c Wilderness So 44. The Silent Savages 81 45. Guarauno Indians coming to trade at Cano Colorado S3 46. Guarauno Squaws and Child with Monkey 85 47. Pitch Lake, showing freshly dug pit filled with water ; an older pit filled with soft pitch, both surrounded by the hard surface pitch 88 48. Digging out the Black, Waxlike Pitch 90 49. Loading Pitch on the Hand Cars 93 50. Mangrove Wilderness from the High Land at Guanoco 95 51. Inhabitants of Guanoco assembled for a Dance 97 52. A Palm-sheath Rocking Toy 53. Sheath in Fig. 52, covering the Flower of a Palm 54. Priestless Chapel at Guanoco 55. Guarauno Indian Papoose 56. Map of our Three Expeditions into British Guiana no 57. Street in Georgetown 58. Kiskadee Tyrant Flycatcher 59. Coolie Woman and Negress 60. The Georgetown Sea-wall
The Tenth Expedition of the Department of Tropical Research of the New York Zoological Society was made possible by generous contributions from members of the Society. Its work was carried on in the Bay of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, where we studied the coral reefs and the fishes.The final results will materialize in a series of scientific papers, which, it is hoped, will add something to our knowledge of the life of the sea. These will hardly be read by the general public, hence I have chosen a few high -lights of the expedition and crystallized them into these thirteen chapters.As far as the actual experiences are concerned, any reader of this volume may duplicate them.The diving helmet, hose and pump, with which all the research was done, are as inexpensive as they are simple in operation.1 have had so many inquiries as to the inception and cost and operation of a scientific expedition, that I have thought it worth while to add several appendices, giving, in brief form, the gist of this information.
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