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THE INDEX 



Camel family, extinction of, 



in North America, 13 

 Canal. See Panama Canal 

 Canal Zone: 



climate of, 199 ff. 



engineers in, 11, 12, 14 



geology of, 12 ff. 

 Capuchin monkey, 162 ff. 

 Carroll, Dr., 183 

 Casa grande, 30 

 Catfishes, 13 

 Cattle, 27 



attacked by ticks, 102 

 Cayuca, 29 

 Chagres River: 



at flood time, 26 



bed of Gatun Lake, 10, 16 



important to travel, 2, 5 

 Chameleon, 136 

 Chicken cat, or yaguarundi, 



167 f. 

 Climate of Canal Zone, 199 ff. 

 Coati, 160 f. 



hunting iguanas, 160 f. 

 Colon, Canal begun at, 10 

 Columbus, landing at Isthmus 



of Panama, i 

 Commercial geography, 201 

 Conejo, 170 

 Congo ants, 62 

 Coral snakes, 112 

 Cormorants, 142 

 Crocodile eggs, 20, 118 

 Crocodiles, 117 ff. 



home of, 118 

 Culebra Cut, 26 

 Curassow, 150 



Deer, 174 



scarcity of in South America, 



Dinosaur, 124, 132 

 Diseases, insect-borne, 199 

 Ditmars, R. L., 128, 195 



Eciton ants, 65 ff. 

 food of, 66 

 nests of, 66 f. 



Edge of the Jungle, by William 



Beebe, 196 

 Empire, 26 

 Engineers in Canal Zone, 10, 



12, 14 

 Esquemeling, John, 196 

 Exploration clubs, 197 



Fawn, 174 



Fer-de-lance, no 



Fern vines, 44 



Findlay, Dr., 182, 183 



Fish ducks, or cormorants, 142 



Fort San Lorenzo, 170, 179 



Frijoles, 27, 30 



old village of, 34 

 Frijolita River, 34 



Gamboa, 26 



Gatun Dam, 14, 16 



Gatun Lake: 



Barro Colorado result of, 17 

 crocodiles in, 117, 118 

 forest destroyed by, 30 

 making of, 10, 16 

 migration of animals caused 

 by, 16 



Gatun Locks, 10 



Geology of Canal Zone, 11 ff. 



Glossary, 203 



Goat sucker, 144 f. 



Gold: 



discovered in California, 8 

 taken by Spanish explorers 

 in Central America, i , 7 



Gorgas, Colonel, 184, 186, 194, 



Gotosola, or coati, 160 f. 

 Crackles, 141 

 Granddaddy-long-legs, or har- 



vestman, 96 ff. 

 Guanaco, 13 

 Guayacan trees, 50 



Hangbird, 145 f. 

 Harvestman spider, 96 ff. 

 Havana, yellow fever driven 

 from, 182 



