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O. Caroline
1967
Journal
44
Gavija, Darien Prov., Rep de Panama
cont. d.
Sept 15th Children will - malnutrition. Another's women's sick kids are still up nice - being "cured" by a witch doctor. A few of the Indians speak Spanish, the others Choco, this native tongue (also speak Imbera dialect.) #247
stomach content: fish 59mm, 70mm,
49mm, 59mm, 69mm, 50mm, 40mm, 30mm, 40mm, 59m, 30m.
1 dragon fly, 1 Belastomidae 40 mm, 1 long thin fish more than 100mm (part missing), plenty from red crab, grasshoppers. The fish the Indians called fed as Guavina.
Sept 16th Did some washing, cleaned "lab" a little then the little hunters started scampering all over town for lizards. An Indian caught two fish for me in the Rio Chucenaque which runs in front of town. A nice old here gave me another fish; #248
All the today's catch is from town The bat #266 was shot (with a sling shot) from the roof of a house. The other bats are from 5 Coco palm tree #267, 268, 269, 270, 271 + 273
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#318 was by the river. Warm day.
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Some more Indians came to spend the night. A family w/ 3 kids. They are darling. The family was much more polite than the Indians from the night before (kept us awake, talk all night) they slept on the wood floor, under a taut of sheet. Many bat skins. Unfortunately all