Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-07-10
LARS OF BEASTS
ARE UNDER WATER
thousands of Animals Driven
Out by Gatun Lake at
Panama.


Panama, July 4-On account Of the
rise Of water in Gatun lake the animals
IF tho Hooded territory have been driven
to higher ground, whore they are living
much closer together than has been
their custom Engineers returning from
he jungle on the upper Gatun and
Trinidad rivers report seeing a number
of tanirs. Wild cats, Panama lions. deer
and large snakes, whore heretofore on
~ an occasional animal was seen.
Tnpr furnishes the best food Of all
the animals in the Panama iuuglcs, but
Z IS also the most difficult animal to
shoot or capture It is called vaca de
montana mountain cow by the natives,
nut in fact it resembles moro n large pig
with short legs, brown short-haired hide,
short ears, a stump tail and prehcnsile
lip. 1t has three toes on tn" hind feet
and four on the front II has keen
sense of hearing and of smell and any
unusual presence in the jungle is detect.
pd at once. Its skull and breast are SO
strongly built that the deusest Jungle
proves no bar to Its progress To shoot
one the hunter must be quicker than
with deer, for the tapir has no
curiosity and runs at the first hint Of
danger At bay It fights with its forefeet
and no dog Of the jungle will attack It,
II is easily demonstrated when taken
Young and grows to maturity without
becoming savage.
DEER HUNTING DIFFICULT
Deer hunting in Panama is not pop
ular, for the animals are small and the
meat insirid. and the dense jungle
makes hunting by stalking or houn Is
IMPOSSIBLE The law forbids traps
and salt licks. Only ihe method Of
waiting alongside some runway re-
mains, and SWHrms Of mosquitoes.
knats and other insects make it cN-
CeedinEly Painful The buck is about
three feet high at maturity and the
doe so inches. The close woven un
gle afforded a home that was entirely
secure from hunters until the Ameri-
cans came to Panama, and even now
tho number Of deer taken is small
compared with the many that nhahit
the hills and valleys along GatIn lake
SIND near the canal. Tho C4tun and
Eulebra Hunt clubs imported hounds
-four years ago; but the Digs proved
Of little use ON account of the density
al the Jungle and the numerous small
streams in which tn scent was
quickly lost. The greatest enemies
pf the deer are the lion. wild cat and
1oa constructor.
Lion and wild cat are seldom hunt
ed, except by the bushmeu who wait
for them alongside the cloarings at
might when they come to raid the
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WILD tt RkENS IIOMESICK.
Wild turkeys give evidences Of home.
eicllncss They have been driven from the
bottom lands. They wander about on the
edge Of the lake complaining. and II is
easy to get within shooting distance of
Them The Panama turkey is ALWAYS thin
md one Is not more than enough for a
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