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March 28, Rfo Chama above Mucuchies. Width 15 to 30 feet; current rapid 

 to torrential; pools up to 4 feet in depth. Bottom stones, gravel, and sand. 



March 29, Rfo Barregas, tributary of Rio Chama, just below Egido, Estado 

 de M6rida. Current rapid; bottom boulders, rubble to gravel and sand; depth 

 to 2 feet; width 15 feet. 



March 29, Rfo Gonzdles, tributary of Rfo Chama at town of La Gonzdles, 

 Estado de M6rida. Width 50 feet; bottom of big boulders, rubble to sand; depth 

 to 4 feet; current very rapid. 



March 30, dry quebrada 4 km. below Lagunillas, Estado de M^rida, Rfo Chama 

 drainage. 



March 30, Rfo Chama, 10 km. below Lagunillas, Estado de Merida; width of 

 river bed 400 feet; collected from channel 25 feet wide, depth to 2 feet, current 

 torrential; bottom rubble and sand. 



March 31, Rfo Cobre (tributary to Rfo Quinta, latter tributary to Rfo La 

 Grita of Catatumbo system), below La Grita, Estado de Tdchira; width 20 feet; 

 depth to 3 feet; bottom large rubble to sand; current torrential. 



March 31, Rfo Torbes, 1 km. above Tdriba, Estado de Tdchira, Orinoco drain- 

 age. Width 30 to 50 feet: depth to 3 feet; big boulders, rubble to gravel and 

 sand; current very rapid. 



April 1, Rfo Tdchira, 7 km. north of San Antonio, Estado de Tdchira. Width 

 of river bed up to 200 feet, but only a small flow of water among rubble bottom; 

 current rapid; depth in a pool up to 2 feet. 



April 3, a quebrada at Estanques, Estado de Merida, Rfo Chama system; 

 width 20 feet; bottom rubble to gravel; current rapid. 



April 7, Lago Maracaibo, 20 km. oPF Pueblo Viejo at surface. 



April 7-8, Lago Maracaibo, 1 to 2 km. off Pueblo Viejo; use of flashlight at 

 night. 



April 7-9, Lago Maracaibo, 1 km. off Pueblo Viejo; depth 2 meters; gill nets 



set over night. 



April 10, Lago Maracaibo near Palmarejo; fishes received from Mr. Pospisil 

 from hook and line fishing. 



April 11-12, Lago Petroleum Corporation camp at Lagurillas, Estado de Julia. 



April 14, Lago Maracaibo off dock at Lago Petroleum Corporation camp at 

 Lagunillas. 



April 16-18, Lago Petroleum Corporation camp at Lagunillas. 



April 30, Rfo de Los Pajaros, 3 km. above Lago Maracaibo (southwestern end 

 of the Lake) ; a cano 200 feet wide; 15 feet deep; bottom mud and debris; shores 

 swamp and dense jungle. 



May 1, Rfo Agua Caliente, 2 to 3 km. above Lago Maracaibo; cano 300 feet 

 wide. 15 feet deep; bottom mud and debris; shores swamp and dense jungle. 



May 2, Rfo Concha at its mouth and in Lago Maracaibo, gill nets set at 5 feet 

 and 18 feet depth; bottom mud; shores swamp and dense jungle. 



May 12, Rfo Gudrico and tributaries between San Sebastidn and San Casimiro, 

 Estado de Aragua; water to 4 feet depth; width 40 feet, bottom rubble to sand 

 and mud; aided in this collection by Dr. G. Zuloaga, Roger Sherman, and William 

 H. Phelps, Jr. 



May 12, quebrada just south of Caracas, at El Valle, tributary to Rfo Guaire 

 (Rfo Tuy system), Distrito Federal; width 10 to 20 feet, depth to 3 feet; 

 bottom rock, sand, mud; aided in this collection by Dr. G. Zuloaga, Roger 

 Sherman, and William H. Phelps, Jr. 



May 15-19, Maracaibo market (probably these fish were taken in El Tablazo 

 or in channel entrance of Lago Maracaibo). 



May 16, Lago Maracaibo at Maracaibo Yacht Club. 



