August 22 
Day clear and warm. The road crossed over after Emiles te 
another valley and then to t forested ridge which we followed 
for a league, then it dropped steeply down then more forest for 
another league, to the San “iguel Raver. Here we atrook heavy 
forest of large trees and a fine wide eet-out whidh descended 
gradually. saw only a few birds and no mounds. Followed the rive 
ex for 3 leagues to a hut and clearing called Sen Fertiando where 
we camped at 250. The owner had a tame ?Pavahil ourrosow and a 
biack wood-pecker and @& large green parrot, also a family of 
four children.The vegetation along the way was for the first 
league bamboo with a few small trees. There on the ridge grew 
many large leaved yew trees . Also a tall slim stemmed palm and 
tree ferns. Alltitude of ridge about 9,000 ft. Along the Sar 
Miguel grew a great variety of large trees. I saw many Gedros 
and killer figs. Prickly stemmed palms were also common and a 
large stemmed bamboo, also 8 species of GCecro pias. and many tree 
fernse The alltitude of San Fernando by our aneroid was 4,400 £¢ 
The owner said brocket deer, agontes and ocelets lived in the 
forests but a few monkeys and no tapers. reccary were found here 
aise and the lesser anteator occured. Jvavahil and curragons pare 
rots and other birds were common. the savages of the: Haghagangs 
tribe wander so Bigh in the forest and are timid and seldom SeCONe 
He raised a little sugar cane coffee peanuts pineapyte and 
vegetables. Two species of sqhirrels occur, one very small and a 
large one. Armodililos are found lower downe 
We left San Fernando at 8 peme and arrived at Fuvind at L peme 
Day clear and warm at noon. ! saw only gi la Aree equirrel on the 
road and a few birds chiefly cas Biques and jays. Saw my first 
Nachaganga savage, a tall ushed man with drawn bow ‘setanding on 
the river banks watching for fish, He was etationed across | ithe 
river and below me and did not see us as we pasted. He looked 
like the savages of the Amazon in the school geographies. Later 
at Yuvini we saw other more civ aE Lined and clothed. Berg was away 
in the forest with his rubber gathereres when we arrived and did 
not return for a day or two. His station is pituated in a wide 

