NO... II SMITHSONIAN EXPEDITIONS, IQIO-IQII 19g 
effect of the water on the standing timber was already very noticeable, 
most of the trees rotting and falling in a remarkably short time. In 
March he made a trip to Chepo, some 40 miles to the east of the Canal 
Zone, and then proceeded overland to the region near the head- 
waters of the Chagres River where the mountains are about 3000 feet 
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Fic. 19.—Part of tropical forest being flooded in the Gatun Lake area. This 
will be entirely submerged when the lake is filled. Photograph by Goldman, 
IQII, 
in height and present conditions not found in the Zone. The summits 
and northern slopes of the mountains are covered with a rich growth 
of orchids and plants of the order Bromeliacez, which grow both on 
the ground and on the branches of the trees. The south side of the 
mountains is covered with a dry forest. In May and June, Mr. 
Goldman visited Porto Bello on the Caribbean coast of Panama, 
