1983 23 January (continued) huge Epilotes day before yesterday, crossing the cañal that runs from the Rio Guacino to the road we came in on. They said it gaped and flattened the neck vertically. The other two groups also had beautiful but hard trips: Stiles said the Beje is the prettiest ride he's ever been on; [The] also saw a turtle in the Peja ul'hargo, hooked beak. Gomez said some of the times were among the most trying in his life - Hartshorn and I both thought of Matthiessen's Snow Leopard, while we were hiking yesterday. During afternoon I dried my sleeping bag and tent, pickled herbs, washed me and clothes in my little pool in the Cartazana. After dinner much talk, beer, rum, field notes. Isidor brought me a nice big [?] Andis biporcatus w/ a fairly fresh motley scar, found after dark between the cocinera and camp tents. Occasional showers after dark. (Forgot to mention that Hartshorn saw a Rhadinorea decorata as they went out on the 21st but didn't catch it; also a live green Helopus at the spot he caught the other one). 24 January Everyone seems lazy, and we take group photo at 10AM. Hartshorn & Stiles leave for San Jose, and I pack up all specimens to date, after lunch Eladio caught a Leptophis depressirostris along the road into camp. I walked up the nuts east of camp to cast a Felis once track if any remain. Just as I