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25th B. Richardson
1934
General Account
Catalogue
and picked Read found quickly Piths of
some of the shelter points I were
searched. (to be compared later)
This afternoon just at 11 still types
and I set them out and sent a companion
and start to add large good titles.
When Dave or Scherck can go from the
camp down below the farm to help
Dave collect material specimens in this region
the latter it goes on the greatest of trips.
Sept 20th. km C Mt. Willamina, Netherlands New Guinea 3800m.
87 net types, 17 stub types - 2 Strams.
This morning Archibald, Read, Iceland,
Scherck and carrier left camp (750) in
wind of a smooth went up Mt. Willamina.
The went on the saddle, south of camp, on
to the south side of the earthy ridge of
Mt 20. Archibald off with me his collecting
box and types which I can do to
the best of my ability.
Lead types and general specimens the
morning. This afternoon the two collectors
and myself went the 84 net types and 6 stub types.
The line begins 35 m. above the level of
camp and continues in a SSE direction up the
side of an open forest slope, through a young
scrubby and into the Willamina ridge below
the precipitous rock wall. The latter region
was a very old talus slope which has been
colonized with more sparse and larger the grasses
now dominant. Through the grass there
are many names of probably belonging to Strams,
Linguistics, and Melamp.
Morning I sent down to the lower camp
19 skins of Piths of samples collected by Archibald
during his stay at the camp.
Rads again the evening.