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IN the first report that he presents as director of the South African Museum, Cape Town, Dr. Leonard Gill insists on the need for more space. In spite of this the staff goes on collecting. An expedi tion was made to the Kaokoveld in South-West Africa,carrying previous work as far as Zesfontein, where lives the decaying remnant of the Topnaar Hottentots; a further expedition was starting for the country north of Zesfontein, of which the natural history is almost unknown. Other expeditions were to Gor-donia, between Upington and the border of South-West Africa, and to the Langebergen behind Swel-lendam, in continuation of the exploration of the mountain ranges in the south-west of the Cape Province. Various traces of early human occupa tion were also investigated. The whole report bears witness to activity in many directions in spite of crowding and the small number of the staff.
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Activities of the South African Museum. Nature 117, 873–874 (1926). https://doi.org/10.1038/117873a0
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