[Journal] March 6-November 22, 1933
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July 21, 1933 I slightly overslept consequently I did not get away as early as I had hoped. The grass was getting wet and I was soon soaked from the belt down. The first two hours about was tiresome as I was slipping rather badly as a number of trail were missing. We did not stop till we got to the bush shelter where I stopped to smoke and try and get the two Kiwis change loads as my one with the heavy pack was lagging a little. We did not stop again until we got to the first grass clearing called Red clearing at least the carriers didn't though I had to stop about an hour to wait for its carrier. At the first clearing I had the rice taken from its bag & put with the blankets also they all some house that they had carried along. We got into camp around 1pm. The weather here was windy & slowly getting somewhat cold. July 22, 1933 The weather was the same as yesterday. I did not go out but spent the morning cataloguing the negatives developed of garinda in the afternoon I climbed a hill along that means got off the ridges across the valley. July 23 It threatened but never did rain all day. I set out all our rat traps and two snares. I started some behind camp and set the first three by a tree fern & laurod grassy. Next was just inside the forest edge, the rest set in three of the glen for a 10 meters. The forest somewhat mooy was low & thick that is although free from underbrush. One must wind one way through & another thing one notices in the difficulty of seeing into the tree tops, there's almost for by the fact that one hears a bird above you but you can not locate it. The afternoon passed in writing up notes. July 24, 1933 I got one rat in the set just inside its woods and strength setting traps went up the trail to the point where it descends to cross the Cr. One gets a fine view from here as one can follow the oak trees like writings.