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Island and antedating this agreement are not damaged in the exercise of the privileges here conferred on the Smithsonian Institution.

(c) shall permit the Smithsonian to employ or make use of an airplane for the purpose of studying and mapping the distribution of animals and plants in the Islands by means of photographs and direct[[strikethrough]] ion [[/strikethrough]] observation[[circled]] . [[/circled]]

[[circled]] [[strikethrough]] and, if necessary, for the purpose of improving existing topographic maps and navigation^[[al]] charts of the Islands. [[/strikethrough]] [[/circled]] ^[[omit]]

(d) shall authorise the Smithsonian Institution to take such steps as it may desire toward restoring selected islands to their former natural condition, and, in the connection, to
eliminate or destroy, as it may see fit ^[[and the Republic of Ecuador may approve]],  introduced rodents, carnivores, and other animals and plants that  may be inimical to the native fauna and flora, inclusive of herbivores, goats, and cattle on certain islands where they may enter into serious competition with the indigenous species, provided that where cattle are held in private ownership due compensation must be made to the owner thereof at the prices prevailing in the Islands:
     
(e) shall, [[strikethrough]]?[[/strikethrough]]while this agreement is in force, prohibit all further colonization and the introduction of all animals and plants of whatever description on each and all of the Galapagos Islands except in the case of the already inhabited islands of Chatham, Charles, and southern Albemarle south of the Perry isthmus only [[strikethrough]]. [[/strikethrough]] (Indefatigable Island is not included among the excepted islands because it is separately dealt with below, sec. [[strikethrough]]([[/strikethrough]]f); however, the prohibition of further colonization the ine introduction of  animals and plants is to be considered binding in the case of Indefatigable as it is on all the islands except those specifically excepted[[strikethrough]].[[/strikethrough]]);