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August 22 1933
Short Grand camp Brother December left for Monro with
his horse & burro
August 23 1933
In the morning I put out the traps starting at the edge of
the forest & running up the ridge toward Tola. The first set or in bamboo
entangled forest while higher the forest is fairly open.
August 24 1933
The traps held four rats of two species all caught in the
two lower sets where the bank is thick. After visiting the traps
I continued on to the summit of Tola where I found Mr Brown.
I took numerous bearing starting with Mt Albert Edward & striking
through west to the south, ie. Mt Gula.
Mt C.
Mt "D"
Mt Albert Edward
Western & Central Peak
Mt Gula
Mt "E'
Mt "B'
Mt "D'
the bearings are as follows all East magnetic North:
Mt Albert Edward at 49° Mt "B" 6° Mt D 331 Mt E "Alberts 325
Mt. "A" (Pretty) 25 Mt C. 355. Mt E 375 Mt Gula 308
I made the top by aneroid on arriving 2732 meters & shortly before
departing 2765 meters.
August 25, 1933
I got only two rats again in the same sets 4 of the same
two species. During the afternoon the male that had gone to the
coast for more rice & a few supplies arrived bringing more traps
& mail mainly second class.
August 26. 1933
I set out two steel traps on trail crossing the track
of the ridge & also 12 more rat traps. I caught only one rat in the
lowest set. Adamson left for the coast getting away a little
before eight. Afterwards I went out shooting & only
boarads Monro a little way beyond the slide. I shot
at a frog otherwise the only thing seen was a
fair size bird but flying over track or rather it seemed
to glide.