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Vol. IV No. 5 … The Cover: In this modern era there is little to remind us of the primative modes of life unless we look for recordings in libraries or museums which, in themselves, are modern housings for the ancient relics symbolizing the progress of man. Observing some of these it is difficult to imagine that somewhere a man may still exist amidst similar surroundings, unmindful of the progress of the more civilized brothers. Yet deep in the jungles of Panama may be found groups of people who have through the ages, clung to their simple and free forms of living. The Cholo Indians, a stalwart race located in Southern Panama near the Columbia border are such a group. Here, until recently, these people knew no other world than the trees and the jungle that surrounded them, they knew no other law but that of self-preservation, and their means of livelihood depended, and still does, upon the wild game, which like themselves, roam at will through the dense undergrowth. Here in Panama exist the extremes in the ages of man, both living on a common ground.