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old bridge. South of that a succession of monstrous ridges with sandy hollows intervening led to Dale
Saranere - large swampy lake - on our right (west). One more ridge ran on the Tardine
River (100 yards wide). Camp was finally
placed at the 5 foot of the last ridge by a
little swampy Copond subject to a 3-4-foot
rise in flood time. Then Saranere is 1/2
miles away north of the Tardine crossing 1 mile
south - but the river can be reached only
300 yards east by crossing a knee-deep
ox-bow.
The land is poor and sandy. The boy Roy
& I put out to traps. That evening I hunted
back along the road to Saranere. All I saw
was a flying fox on the wing. Then an lot
of spindled plants, flowers, and ferns to mark a harvest.
Wed 19.
Nothing whatever in the traps. We had 3 lines:
one along the lagoon & its approach slopes (35
Taps); 15 more up on the monstrous ridges; and
20 more along the banks of the Tardine.
Later, when taking a "walk-about", found
an old dead male wallaby (Mac. gilis), and
saved the skull. Probably it came to this
desolate land to die.
Then.
Jackin' last night: 1 wallaby (sand) with Cape "joey".
May 20. Only have one other. Killed a night hawk by error.
Today traps empty - undisturbed.
In p.m. used wallaby carcass to bait drip traps -
drag-hair.
Jackin'. Shot a jecko in "Cypotomus" at river side, right at
road crossing.
This is certainly a duck of a camp.
Fri.
May 21
Picked up traps.