NO. 30 SMITHSONIAN EXPLORATIONS, IQI2 63 
Arriving at Empire in the middle of January, Mr. E. A. Goldman 
immediately began collecting mammals, and on February 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 
Fic. 68.—Cana, eastern Panama, headquarters of the Darien Gold 
Mining Co. Used as the base of field operations in the Pirri mountains. 
Photograph by Goldman. 
and the areas lying to the westward and northward. His efforts 
were centered around the Pirri Mountains, one of the highest ranges 
in eastern Panama, rising to a height of over 5,000 feet, and located 
near the Colombian boundary, southeast of San Miguel Bay. In 
this work he was most successful. The region is covered with a dense 
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