General Account 1938-1939
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They traps were taken up from the old shores beginning from & a point on the west central long shores and continuing around the bay point and long north shore to mid point of between bay point and allot. The traps were set in the mossy forest and bordering heavy brush areas. The spot I first in which the traps are set is situated about 1 kilometre north west east of camp (same spot in which I had previously set 15 traps for Szygies etc). The line begins in the bottom of the gorge in a heavy mossy brush forest and continue north east along the ridge of the stone strike lake. Through a heavy mossy brush forest for about 200yd. From this went down on a third worn slope of a large sink lake and turned in a westerly direction proceeding over the rim and on in a south east direction through heavy thick brush. Throughout the entire region there is an a good cover of moss and heavy grass cover on all lower hills, branches trunks and fallen stems. The line ends on the track point 200 west north west of its beginning. Aug. 23 Lake Kallerna, Netherlands New Guinea 3225m. 195 mm traps, 19 rat traps, 22 stick traps. 8 Stenomyz, 2 Phleocozala, 1 Pogonomyz, 1 Hydronyza. , hid This morning tended traps. This afternoon reset & stuck traps removing them from the forest across the long to the point in which yesterday rat traps were set. Calculated the weight and carrier loads for moving to the next camp below Willmenna Tops! Traps 80 k. 4 carriers