[Journal, 3rd Archbold Expedition to New Guinea] March 23, 1938 to June 9, 1939
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82 proposed camp site) with a broad valley of broken forest, grass, shrubberies and tree ferns leading up to it. 11.10 Left resting place and still following native track E. up over narrow grass valley with numerous tree ferns. On sides upper East dead trees on old burnt over land now regenerated to shrub- bery and forest. 11.18 Three great rocks in bottom of narrow valley. 11.35 Stopped to rest at a large sinkhole about 50 feet deep oval in shape, with Papuan fireplaces and beds in bottom under steep overhanging wall of waterworn boulders cemented with whitish lime (?) into a sort of conglomerate valley bottom and lower slopes long grass tree fern, Hyperamia Caprosma. (alt. 3330 m.) 11.45 Resumed. 12 Noon Reached small stream coming from high white bluff to SSW about one mile and curving round to N and then going underground NW towards rest place of 11.35. Umbrella trees like mops sticking out on E. skyline. Pleasant grassy valley, with Drimys open shrubberies 1.5 m. high. Many tree ferns on slopes. Sides of valley forested. West side apparently primary rather open forest with plenty dark Libocedrus and lighter Dacrydium. East side seemingly old re- generated growth of original low forest trees. Few old living Libocedrus, more dead and white: young trees common in regener- ation growth. Wilhelmina Peak (just visible over east shoulder central bluff) 185 degrees. Camped on grassy bank of stream a little above native crossing at 12.10, altitude 3320 m.