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SMITHSONIAN EXPLORATIONS, [912 



Arriving at Empire in the middle of January, Mr. E. A. Goldman 

 immediately began collecting mammals, and on Eebruar) 21 went to 

 Real de Santa Maria in Eastern Panama, where he endeavored to 

 determine the faunal relations of this region with the Canal Zone 



Fig. 68. — Cain, eastern Panama, headquarters of the Darien Gold 

 Mining Co. Used as the base of field operations in the Pirri mountains. 

 I 'In >ti igraph liv < loldman. 



and the areas lying to the westward and northward. Mis efforts 

 were centered around the Pirri Mountains, one oi the highest ranges 

 in eastern Panama, rising to a height of over 5,000 feet, and located 

 near the Colombian boundary, southeast oi San Miguel Bay. In 

 this work he was most successful. The region is covered with a dense 



