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June 3 1933 cont'd
traveling but this was only for a few minutes
then one climbed steeply for about 20 min... the higher one got its shot and moved among the trees until on
top of the ridge the highest trees were scarcely [illegible] meters
high and the tree's ground my mossy & springy
& continued fairly level for a short five minutes
then down steeply into the bombos on the saddle or valley
bottom one then climbed steeply for a long twenty minute,
to a saddle where I made a false turn, turning
to the right but I quickly realized any mistake
and returned to the saddle where I had the grey blaze
tree the rock to remove about 1/4 out the bush about
10 cm. of moss before reaching the bark of the tree
which was alive one continued S. for about 8 minutes
up and down then up steeply for the summit at several
flat places on its last grade I noticed where there
seemingly had been Bower bird clone grounds.
At 11:05 I reached the summit which was now treeless
there being only low shrubs and the mission cross
and the government stake thus were the charred stumps
of two or three trees about 30 cm. through and the mission
cross was made from the trunk of a dead tree with a cross
arm nailed up and a cap one stood about 10-15 meters.
All the mountains were covered and all Australia
except south was covered with low clouds so one could
see little though looking over clouds. There were about
a dozen swifts circling around and I shot one
dropping him at the foot of the cross. I collected
a number of shrubs that were in flower, and had what
lunch consisting of a tin of sardines and a slice of sour
marmalade. Standard sort of which I gave to the
boy. The barometer recorded on about 2604 meters
and at 11:25 2615 meters. I left the summit at 11:35
as mist was coming in from the west that caused
to shut me in. I returned to the Laforest house
where I rested while while the boy cooled his brew.
I left again about 9:00 about 15 min down slope at
a large plateau like rock unfortunately I only found
a valley about a half hour out it came onto trees