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bird that flew from the grass with a loud beating of
its wings & think it was possibly the grouse we
were already passing through banks of mist. We tops
its divide and arrived at its Bark shelter above the near
Basin at 8:46. We got a fine view to the Southeast although
it was occasionally obscured by clouds billowing over its divide.
Mt. Yali (Kuoma called it "Farimo") bore 326 E mag & got
some fairly good views of it (XXIV-34-38). My aneroid gave the
height as 3067 meters, the carriers rested here to smoke
& it was warm sitting in the sun. The trail continued as
in Madellton description. The carriers started at its fold-holes
& built a fire at 10:35. Most did not rest much but wandered off
amongst the clumps of forest trying to shoot some birds
with their bows & arrows. We left at 11:10 and soon began
to climb a long spurs which got my mind some cold (4 hrs)
after that there was a number of big downs to cross streams.
We passed its hot hole & rocks at 12:00 one & at 12:10 arrived at
its bark shelter. The nature did not want to go farther as there
was several clods of stumps and that was lying mist. We
were thus forced to camp. We were able to be protected by
Frather Garrett's cabin but even it looked it was rather close
as the ground was speedily wet. Shortly after we arrived
and got our tea a bunch of women arrived with food
and pondemonium in rainy suppression. The rain did not help
matters any as very one wanted to get into the tent.
We had an early supper and turned in directly after it.
June 14, 1935
The morning dawned fine and we had a few
views of the peaks from the edge of the ridge.
There was frost on the ground as we started at 7:30.
I again took Mt. lead. The Village policeman had pushed
Brass away onto someone else (he had it on his
own chair from Ktting Pass) and was carrying only an empty
breechless twin. We retreated our steps for about 50 meters
then climbed & not a through a narrow bit of forest just the
side of which two birds flashed similar to yesterday's but they
seemed smaller. We went on a short ways till we came to
a forking of its road. Here the policeman wished the
into one of its carriers that was with us.