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creeks. The caimans are used to stream life as 

 they once found it along the Chagres, and it is 

 likely that there are fewer of them here now than 



Fig. 51. Crocodile eggs 



in the old days before the river bed became a 

 lake. The large crocodiles eat the caimans that 

 do not get out of their way, and they also eat the 

 smaller crocodiles. 



Blanco, Necto, and I were tramping across the 

 island one day looking for large animals. We 

 came to a shady pool in the bed of a stream that 

 was otherwise nearly dry. This was about a 



