5th Archbold expedition to New Guinea. March 4, 1956 to February 1, 1957
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8 compasses by brama under surface of their canoe, in wet looking forest 80-100ft. high. Bank on a nice bend about 50 ft. from centre of the stream Elgamora-Morima divide. Paid off the local carriers at their request - 2 carried Rmby 50 lbs. rice. 3 c. Sky G.P. for the village (100) mid-afternoon (President, The Three councillors, the MIRIBOYA policeman (carried loads)). The two fly, 4 may but rigged before dusk, & the boys finished making their sleeping platforms well above the ground. Gun drum of Kerema is somewhere between here & Jamale. Borrowed a very small hurricane lamp (German) from one of the Taihaka carriers - it was in good by 7 o'clock. The last two days have been strenuous. Wednesday June 6: Heavy rain, with Thunder, throughout much of the night after 11 o'clock. Rain on & off, with rather strong wind, all day, hampering the work of rigging camp. Paid the SAIIBOYA carriers - paid the councillors a present of £1 after breakfast; they cleared and over the crest of the divide on a visit to the Morima coast. Broke off supervision of camp construction to examine the divide above us. Bank altitude when 8.6ft was 775 m. by aneroid, Camp right camp, on the crest, a few to the west, 800m. It recedes in the divide to the south, under a peak much higher & bigger than some our slight summits, 750+ ft. In this gap the nation have cut a fly-way which they net for pigeons. A section can stretched across the fly-way has small bunches of dried grain attached to it. Watching motion, shocks the ratten, The attention of the pigeons is caught as they fly over, & they go into the net. Animal carriers arrived at 8:50 & at 11 o'clock. Rmby arrived from Elgamora; had 16 carriers & Three 3ft Councillors, journey of 6 hours. Carried by 18 Pansale men. The 11 loads 9.6ft at Tamale on Monday, hauled Elgamora's about 2 PM yesterday for 166 for Rmby's own car. Nothing in 30 miles put out 166 yesterday. 18 whinnies of many cicadas ("Cicadae cichlites"?) at 8 min. 15.6 P.M. Thursday June 7: Rainy & greatly wind of last night. Keen wind from NE in morning; high constant 8 C.N.T. for all day; some mist in the life 106 afternoon; no rain at night/11.