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C. Carolin
1967
Journal
72
October 5 Yamei yaveja, Rio Chico, Darien Prov., Panama
of is a slow start. See time table. got two
hours sleep total during the night. Very tired.
(October) Many more bats after 12 midnight than
the other night. #718
was
found under a house. #719
in a 15 foot high net between two palm trees.
#720
on lawn. #721
was "captured alive" set free)
town. They call it "chicken of the mountain!" tried
to raise it but with no luck. No became very
weak. Tonight is the big night. The five
best little hunters, Peter & I are going frog
hunting. It is dry - very dry - for this time o
year & we are almost out of drinking (rain)
water so I haven't any high hopes for
a huge catch. We went across up the
river a little. Saw nothing. We stopped
at the yaveja sawmill & scouted around. Under
some large (dia 2 feet) logs we found #722
Also here we found #723
, 724
, #725
, #726
just a
few hundred yards further on at midday we
found #727
+ 728
These few little frogs having taken so long to
find we decided to wait for a rain before
we have an organized frog hunt again.