73 Government road throwing evidence of long use. Found several small streams, running westerly from Van. The morning, at 9.15, started from a point when a saddle in the central mountain ridge could be seen about a hundred feet above us. Some steep rock crevices here from which Lionel collected stibiconides on his survey trip. Heavy rain left us there till 9.45. Beyond the rest below a little, after crossing a fan-sized stream, the track divided. The regular route to Alcalde going right, an old, little-used path going to the left. Followed the latter. The noon of 6.30 again; then was confusion and indecision among our people as to which branch to take. The right-hand one was followed and it soon ran out to nothing. Made one way back to the other branch and after a long fairly stiff climb, reached the saddle on the mountain at 16.50. Evidence of a frequent cloud blanket some 200-300 ft. from the crest. On left, Lionel had partly opened up a camp site. The ridge was narrow, though will rotters, but decided to camp. Less rather than another possible site about 500 ft. lower down, a tall, gloomy forest. Went back to the carriers and Ben, who were waiting, at the alternative site, if we had a fly comfortably rigged before more heavy rain began to fall. During the afternoon it cleared after for a time and we had views of Toca (18de) 3d. on a bearing of 112°, & of the summit of Mt. Monte rising about half a mile away and 200-500 ft. above us on a bearing of 28°. The summit a sharp peak of very limited scope - like Mt. Rio a Federal. From camp the main ridge curves SW and W, rises only a couple of hundred feet, and appears to broaden. Our best collecting for plants will probably be in that direction. Our carriers were a pleasant, willing lot. They fell to with Benner & after they carried us open up views from camp. Few of them had been here before. They gave them a feed of rice after their 6p. Day off, & departed about 3 o'clock. One of them quite tall man for this part of the world. One, a councillor from East Point, perhaps of chiefly blood, was plain shinned, that, with Weanda that had straight, projected hair, and very prominent projecting cheeks. A friendly, intelligent man. Eric Olbem and his family, about 30 years ago, camped where we are now. His clearing is marked by tall tree fern, & an illegible name cut in the bark of a tree. Our older