[Journal, 3rd Archbold Expedition to New Guinea] March 23, 1938 to June 9, 1939
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to Mun and path West. 1.50 Hut in east valley near head population 2300 meters: newly settled: trees and logs in most gardens. 2.00 Cross big new garden. View of Grand Valley. Through polewood and dry oak forest and reach. 2.10 Edge more newly settled (1-27) area 2300 m. 2.15 Surprised! An elderly lady in little house in new garden. 2.20 Hamlet, six round and two oblong houses. 2260 m. 2.45 Camp in forest by side of limestone creek one quarter mile east of road. No water in big limestone creek which road runs on to after coming down out of gardens. Before turning off to camp our C.W. Camp 2250 m. Forest 30 m. high and largely of oaks but rain forest in character: open underneath: some slender Calamus: small climbing bamboo ferns tangles along creeks: also clay creeks: Begonia, Asplenium, Vidus. Not more than 1/4 mile below us a hamlet: six men came to see us from there. Upperparts of this valley has been settled only a few years. Plenty of primary forest but topography would make collecting difficult. No old grassland. Picked up some scrub itch about camp and a few hard biting black mosquitoes invade our tent about dusk. Third day, October 27, 1938. 6.50 Left camp and followed faint track which soon turned south but track WSW to track going W along top spur: Left there and down first path to bed of stream going west 2300 m.