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Title: The American Museum journal
Identifier: americanmuseumjo16amer (find matches)
Year: c1900-(1918) (c190s)
Authors: American Museum of Natural History
Subjects: Natural history
Publisher: New York : American Museum of Natural History
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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SOUTH AMERICAN TRAILS 29 camp, so completely lost both his way and his head that he forgot to signal, and spent the afternoon tearing through brush and brake in a direction still farther away from camp vuitil finally he heard a far-off signal from the others, who were getting anxious at his non- arrival. There were no wild animals of a kind to be feared by man along this route. Along the banks of the Chapare we found evidences of tapir, paca, cap^^bara, jaguar, tiger cat, peccary, deer, coati, agouti and others, but the high water, which varies sometimes forty feet be- tween seasons, had driven game to the highlands making hunting possible only at the highest points along the Mamore. Bird life was most abundant in Bolivia; a collector could spend several seasons to advantage in these little traversed routes across the South x\merican states. When the incidental mishaps and in- conveniences are forgotten, the Bolivian Yungas between Todos Santos and the Chapare may well be compared with other natvu'al wonders. Daily the vistas of palm, fern and floral growth, with cascades, waterfalls and freshets, make a delightful background for the abundant bird and other animal life. At the beginning of the Chapare the Yungas disappeared and oiu- arriero now led the way down the river bed, or througii the cane and bamboo brakes, pushing on through mud and water. Due to good chance our camps remained above water except in two instances. One night in particular the rains filled the Espirito Santo and San Antonio rivers and left us in three feet of water at davbreak.
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L '* s ■^5 ■£^. A f. Gutting out a new trail live liundred I'eot up the face of a cliff where a slide had obliterated the path. This point in the trail is known as "Sal-si-puede" ("Get out if you can")

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