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choosing there for attack a spot on the south side 

 where a small paredon gave indication of a good 

 locality. This paredon begins at a height of about 

 two hundred feet, the rocky talus below being 

 very densely wooded. Our host with some men 

 carrying machetes accompanied us to this place 

 and greatly facilitated our ascent by cutting a 

 path through the jungle. At this spot the rich- 

 ness of animal life was found to be even greater 

 than upon the mountain side nearer the ranch 

 house. We worked feverishly in a drizzling rain 

 seeking to gather a representative collection of 

 the fauna. Victor and Pancho, in search of bats, 

 entered a narrow opening into a cave, from the 

 chamber of which the muffled sound of shots could 

 be heard. So abundant was the life of the place, 

 now in its fullest seasonal activity, that we could 

 hardly focus attention upon any one thing. Tree 

 toads chirruped and rang out their bell-like calls 

 from all sides; myriopods, including some small 

 lulus, were about in great quantities, while the 

 rocks and trees fairly swarmed with mollusks. 

 None of us had ever seen such profusion of life. 

 It was to the land-shells we devoted most atten- 

 tion, not only because we had a weakness in that 

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