Explorations and field-work of the Smithsonian Institution in .. . rible disaster will overtake the miners the next day. After leaving Bello Horizonte, the party proceeded to Lassance, alittle railroad town 600 miles north of Rio de Janeiro, at which placethe Instituto Oswaldo Cruz has a branch. An attempt was made tovisit the type localities from which Dr. Lutz had formerly describednew species. The last lap of the Minas trip extended north to Pira-pora, on the Rio Sao Francisco, where the collecting of frogs andfish proved to be better than anywhere else. New genera and speciesof fish were t
Explorations and field-work of the Smithsonian Institution in .. . rible disaster will overtake the miners the next day. After leaving Bello Horizonte, the party proceeded to Lassance, alittle railroad town 600 miles north of Rio de Janeiro, at which placethe Instituto Oswaldo Cruz has a branch. An attempt was made tovisit the type localities from which Dr. Lutz had formerly describednew species. The last lap of the Minas trip extended north to Pira-pora, on the Rio Sao Francisco, where the collecting of frogs andfish proved to be better than anywhere else. New genera and speciesof fish were taken from the river here, as this watershed had not for-merly been worked by a collector. After the return to Rio, preparations were made to go south to SaoPaulo to visit the Instituto Butantan, which is under the efficient direc-tion of Dr. Afranio do Amaral. Two days were spent in Butantanseeing the excellent scientific work being done there in making serum,not only for snake bite but also for smallpox and various other infec- SMITHSONIAN EXPLORATIONS. 1935 27. ja s: u ^ ?s rt ^ a> re r, 0 • 03 1- ; -^ o; c :: o 1; +- ?^ ^ — -5 > ?r. u ^ ^ (LI re 1^ x > 0 05 •^ £ g 3 ^ CO « ?^^ 1. ^ ^ OJ J= 03 CO .4_) ca ?—>-^ *- ^ (N rt ^ w -, o3ii-=p r_ — £ 0 0 0 ^^
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