Journal and species accounts, v1347
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Hauken, James 1975 Journal Panama- Cerro Punta to Panama City - Boquete Hotel Fundador, Panama City, Panama Province, Panama 14 August feeling on road hills. Hotel Fundadores, Boquete, Chiriqui Province, Panama 15 August 10 PM Saw Jim Lynch off at the Tocumen airport this AM, then bought more supplies and tried unsuccessfully to obtain a 4 wheel drive vehicle from the Smithsonian people. Left Panama City at 11 AM and arrived here at ~7:30 PM I stopped in Santiago at the Ministerio de Agricultura y Desarrollo to pick-up my exportation permit, but the Director-General wasn't satisfied with the form drawn up by one of his underlings and refused to sign it; I was told to come back again in ten days on my way back to Panama City. The weather today was excellent for driving, with some rain in spots but also long periods of direct sunlight. Even when the sky was overcast the clouds were high and visibility excellent for miles (usually only the tops of the highest mountains to the Nwere obscured by clouds, if at all). The bright sunlight evidently had an effect on reptile activity as one snake was found 500 yds W of the E border of Chiriqui Province, where the road