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crustaceans on exhibit in that institution, though he does have a very comprehensive representation of [[strikethrough]] pannami [[/strikethrough]] Panamanian shells, birds, and reptiles.

Not having any peat in which to pack my palm seeds, I called on Mr. Paul Allen, horticulturist of the local botanical garden and also associated with the Zone experimental gardens at Summit. He let me have the peat I needed and also gave me several rare palm seeds for the National Herbarium.

As the scientific collections that I had made in the Galapagos Islands needed packing and as Captain Picking had offered me the very excellent facilities available at Coco Solo, I went over to the submarine base on the second and spent this day and the next here, returning to Panama on Sunday, the 4th, in time to catch the scheduled plane for Miami. As the connecting plane from South America was delayed, the departure was postponed until Monday afternoon, the 5th. Leaving at 2 p.m., we arrived at Miami[[strikethrough]] a [[/strikethrough]] that night at 9 p.m. Here my [[underline]] Rooseveltia [[/underline]] palm seeds were taken over by the plant quarantine inspector, and so I went down to the Miami office the next morning to make arrangements for their shipment to Washington. This matter was very kindly taken care of by Mr. Gist, who happened to be the plant inspector who came to Pensacola in 1938 [[strikethrough]] the [[/strikethrough]] to pass the plant collections I brought back with me from the Presidential Cruise at that time. Bill Merrill wanted especially to be remembered to you.

During the few hours remaining before departure of the Washington plane at 2 p.m., I called on Captain John W. Mill[[strikethrough]]e[[/strikethrough]]s, of the Carnegie Institution's Tortugas Laboratory, now retired, to consult with him regarding available motor boats, particularly those on sale by the