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Went out and checked some bromeliads with
no success, may be too low. Wandered around in forest. Nice
green dense woods, but no salamanders.
Sept. 5 The food here is great, and so is the company.
Went out again looking around but again nothing.
Caught an arboreal frog [illegible] no more. However one
man, a guy who is the head of a group of m[illegible], said yesterday
that there are plenty of "vinos dormidos" in the cafetal where his
g crew is working and [illegible] he took a bag with him
today and brought back three, of three different types,
he overcame his fear that they bite, hes a good guy. Tomorrow
I go to his cafetal with him early in the morning.
Sept. 6 Went at 5:30 to the cafetal. Its not
planted with coffee yet and they're just digging holes for
the coming young trees now. Its just a hillside covered
with fallen trees, they were chopped down a year ago
[illegible] told. Salamanders aren't dense, I worked about
4 hours and caught around 8 animals, under logs, and
one under bark, all three types. Antonio, the crew head,
caught [illegible] as eight as well and I'm now offering
some of the men in the crew $5/animals and $2 if they
have broken tails. I hope to get perhaps 100 before I
leave. I also [illegible] worked up along the forest edge