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'tty. An ord t.nnry .-gaan.l ine . launch leaving 
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J-s M arina. Panatn City, jj afcfcsg p sw«t the mgpth of the Beyaao river 
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in about 1s i t*«pe hours, s distance 
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12-E.ilos, which requires ^ogotber throe orjfour hears goi 
miles across Panama Bay, 
! the riv^r to the tract is about 
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There are moA w& * d - within oautawi^ he pro- 
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-japjf TSIib rrf^ny aw+ort-ption • whote-vor * 
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rough the forest fer'roade ©»i^r'"I thfgr oat difficulty .-‘Vi,, 
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Imogen ««& -admits abundant light as in a4-l other dryland /oreots 
jjUt ' HBfcluli the bull: of fhe trees are deciduous an a rsrult/oi' the 
j '■jprotvnctod--dry oeaeon to which the forest type had to srdjuet it- 
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'--self. g r o v o l ! »■ ■■■ !»- ' m e at ptaea-s difficult as a result of the ra¬ 
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pid development of the profuse shrubby -undergrowth-. Ld^d^rr^s 
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In a goners1 way the topography 
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but little from that which obtains for the entire southern slope 
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o x tho ■ intorioi «- -l > i i > ®h i Sn highlands , ogoept-th o t—in. a©—pa-r-t- dou&s...,the 
surface-.rise- to-an,- elevation of more--than. loOh- feet, and being 
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ieofi-ted-neer -the- coast*, ^'receives probably leas rainfall than 
the region farther inland where precipitation is greater due to 
higher elevation. The forest hero may be described as being 
semi-open, consisting of two stories, e, i., the low, useless. 
p.rTrP ^on. rf t.ho--yo«% and the large trees which 
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^tand apart 
-en thnir their crowns interlock at the same plane above the 
ground. The trees forming this upper story alone yield merchant- 
