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Part of Sioux County, June 17-July 2, 1911

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of greet service to Dr. Wolcott in his <

permits from the Governor to Dr. Wolcott and myself to use Shee



‘As for other instruments cerried by the party, two aneroid barometers
proved to be worthless, in spite of their high credentials; one would not say
a word, and the other spoke such broken English as to discredit any opinion
it offered. Anemometers end instruments showing the rate of evaporation
were used by the botanists. A high-and-low-temperature thermometer vroved
study of the lake temperatures in
Cherry County, and he obtained some instructive deta. A water thermo-
gsreph was used on Hackberry Lake, in Cherry County, giving a continuous .
record of the tempereture at the bottom of the lake, and on readjustment,

a record of temperature at lesser depths. Soundings were made of verious
Cherry County lakes, which, taken in connection with a rather superficial



study of their fauna and flora, and supplemented by analyses of the water,

heave afforded a better idea of their character than we have hitherto pos-
sessed. Nets of various kinds were cerried by the party, with special
but we
did not find time to underteke this work.

Our party in Sioux County from June 17th to July 2nd consisted of the

_ following x persons:





‘Photo by RS Poot
() Dr. Robt. H. Wolcott, zoologist, University of Nebraska - specializing
on ecology, and collecting particularly beetles, butterflies, myrio-

pods, reptiles, and mites.

(2) Prof. Raymond J. Pool, botanist and photographer. University of Nebraska,
‘and | .
Prof. Cyrus V. Williams, botanist, Nebraska Wesleyan University - col-

i! _iecting botanical specimens and studying verious pny problens.

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