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as you move thru the thickets or scratch your hands if you grasp bamboo for support carelessly. This species of bamboo grows everywhere in the forest being the usual undergrowth, & attains some 20 feet in height & 2 inches in diameter. On the return to camp I shot a new squirrel, a very long snouted sort with the general color & appearance of a large Tupia. He was making a rattling woodpecker like chirp in the bush & I got within a few yards of him. Two of the common red bellied squirrels were also secured on the return. Neither of us caught any small mammals in our traps.  At the summit camp one of my Liso hunters one day located a bees nest in a hole in a large tree which slanted much & was easily ascended in consequence. He ascended & with some ^[[burning]] moss smoked the bees which swarmed out & buzzed about his head. He