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Mr. Goldman returned to his headquarters at Empire, from 

 Darien, in order to ship specimens, but again entered this region to 

 complete his work in the lower elevations and remained there until 

 earl_\- in July. During the time spent at Darien, Mr. Goldman states 

 that his efforts were greatly facilitated and his expenses much 

 reduced, through the aid rendered him by the Darien Gold Mining 

 Company. 



Fig. 70. — A part of the Pirri Mountains, eastern Panama, as seen from [,800 

 feet altitude, m Cana Valley. Photograph b\ Goldman. 



Dr. Seth E. Meek, of the Field Museum of Natural History, 

 and Mr. S. F. Hildebrand, of the Bureau of Fisheries, who again 

 participated in the work of collecting and studying the fishes of the 

 Zone, arrived at Cristobal on January 15, [912, and commenced work 

 almost immediately. During the previous expedition, the collecting 

 was confined mainly to the fresh and brackish waters of the Canal 

 Zone and the immediate vicinity, but on this trip most attention was 

 devoted to the salt-water fauna. On the Pacific Coast this was 

 carried on from three points — Panama, Balboa, and Chame Point, 

 and on the Atlantic coast from four different points Cristobal, 



