32 Mevatanana - Marovoy road kept up on the ridge and plateau and its country this was too grass cleared of trees. Occasionally we would pass a [illegible] some patch of forest coming up a draw. The edge of which was openly burned as this was a fringe of black charred trees, around. November, 6, 1929 We left Mevatanana about eight in the morning in an hour came to the Petaloka River on a back which we had to cross shortly after this we skirted a forest but as the road was frightfully rough and the chauffeur was trying to make turns I did not get a chance to observe any thing very accurately. a ground crow ran across the road and we saw lots of wood pigeons at noon we came to another backa which took us about two hours to cross or when we started off it got stuck in the sand. We arrived in Marovoy exceedingly tired at about four o'clock. November 7, 1929 Did nothing in forenoon. In the afternoon we went out to see a man that had a concession of rid & kopa and who was supposed to know why there were some fossil fishes all that he had were of the dinosaurs or similar crustaceons. But he said that the