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C. Carolus
1967
Journal.
64
cont.
Sep 28.
4km N, 3.5 km WQ mount Rio Higuera, Darian Prov., Panama
to look around. When sun fell + 100 then rain
in the afternoon. We found another
#603. It too was dead &
had an ailer.
Breakfast & lunch were the
same as dinner last night.. Heavy rain for a
short hour in the afternoon. The Indians eat
three big meals a day. After the rain we went
down to the river to skin #603. We started
down river after the rain in hopes of getting to the
farm, we explored a little quebrada
then the rain came. After dinner 2 Indians
took us hunting. Walking barefoot to the pir
eagua made me a little uneasy. The flash
light wasn't as bright as I could have
been. Up river about 20 minutes by motor
we took a quebrada (chicharey). Here we
didn't use the motor. The current was strong
because the river is beginning to flood. We
saw several tets & Basalives. Aa matter
of fact one rowed night to the piragua, to
say hello & is now #604.
Peter shot #605
He was
toddling on a mud bank. The Indians laughed
because after the shot several ducks
flew away & we got a