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1927
P.18
Los Eses miles, Dept., Chalatenango, Salvador
slopes of the mountain. It
was up one ridge and
down another from the time
we started until we returned
at midnight. There were no
paths so we stumbled over
projecting roots and slipped
on sleek moss covered logs
nearly every time that I
threw the beam from my light
among the branches about.
Only once did we hear
an animal. My guide swore
that it was a lion, but
I was not so sure. Later
we hunted in some open places
where lions were supposed
to stay with no result.
When we returned to the hut
our native assistant had a
Potos, No. 12501, which he shot
from a tree in a heavily
wooded canyon. He told
me that the color of the eyes
and the call note of this
animal was different from
the ones which he had heard
and seen in the subtropical
associations. After midnight
I took another short hunt
with one of the men. While