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Sun.
Aug.19.
Temp
6:30
a.m.
58°
The day for Van time to move to the top of the range to test
the Ger savanna pockets. Picked up tops & moved
To Carp Over Pocket, also 1500 feet, but on the western
slope. The pack horses came late - not till 2.30.
So we reached C.O.P. much later than we anticipated
Just before dark. Full moon. Set out 10 tons
each by midnight. Then thoroughly hunted
C.O.P. with lamp lights but no results.
Fri
Aug.20.
Temp.
6:30 am
56°
Temp 56°- Very chilly all night. Heavy condensation on
all objects. Sky clear. 1 Rattus subcinctus in pass
& 1 R. corvatus in scrub. Established camp.
A picturesque place with steep grass slopes
sloping to narrowly scrub-lined creek, tributary of the
Peach River. Our camp is cut just into the edge
of the scrub so that we look into the trees on one side
and out on the foothills on the other. Our objectives
are: to make a quick survey of the mammal fauna;
and to get more specimens of the Echidna found by
Darlington in 1932.
In from set tops:
Total:-
Stud.
Rat.
Van.
26
30
Dry
15
15
Geo.
20
40
61
85 = 146.
Altitude: 7.30 am. 1900 ft; 11. a.m. 1880 ft; 2 p.m. 1950 ft; 5 p.m. 1975 ft
9.00 p.m. 1925
Sat.
Aug.21.
Temp.
6:30 a.m.
60°
Trops: In grass: 1 Macro Rattus (subcinctus); 2 Sminthopsis
& scrub: 3 Antechinus; 1 Rattus corvatus.