Hauken, James 1975 Journal Panama; Cerro Punta area Pension Volcan El Hato del Volcan, Chiriqui Province, Panama 21 August miss any salamanders. No frogs were seen, and only an occasional call was heard from the stream below. This morning I first contacted with Mr. Hammerling at the Bamilito Cabins. He had heard of the recent crossing of the Continental Divide and drive NE to the Caribbean by two men from David, and knew the route. The men left from the town of Caldera located E of the main highway between David and Boquete and ventured NE into the drainage of the Rio Chiriqui. After crossing the divide they then headed NE possibly into the drainage of the Rio Guarumo, and finished on the Caribbean coast at Punta Bobala. According to Hammerling, Standard Fruit Co. built a road a long time ago which was also used to drive cattle from Chiriqui to Bocas del Toro and the coast generally. The two men followed this trail. After leaving Hammerling I drove to Cerro Punta to try to find another accessible high elevation locality, taking the road NE from the main highway at the center of town (~1960m.) I headed towards Cerro Punta (the mountain). In the area of Las Nubes, just W of the mountain, the road was no longer passable for my VW. I walked further on from here, taking a road W along a small stream where the road