5th Archbold expedition to New Guinea. March 4, 1956 to February 1, 1957
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50 LB Good fortune was with us today. At 6.18 AM Tinker turned up, with the 12 degree Cotterin that have given so much trouble & travelled about 100 miles of travel; he had slept at UKECHEE & a young Marma man was with him. Eight Marina men & several small Gays turned up, a little later to arrive in the carry. Will there, I came 20 from the AGAWI village. We had more than enough (had 30 loads, but somehow they were carried by 33 people). The carriers were still carrying at Ogawana when GUMUNDA waited in with an 8-pound horseshoe of tobacco from AMETE. During the Marina men was INOTOBBI, our cook on The Fly River Expedition, warning all over, but much emaciated as if through a wasting illness. It is good to have them old Gays of ours turn up in Day belle, a romance with our present Staff about old times. The journey down was only about 3 hours for carriers. Nothing was bad on the Tinker slopes, I had warm water than on the way up. Blad a lot of that cut in the hot gorge; most of the main cave food ridge. Much of the bottom through second growth rain forest on this old garden land up to ca. 1500 ft. Total: 4.18 Laval numbers on way down, bringing the total for the mountain trip to 247, march 1933. One of the Marina brought a fine Urengo, Gorgi for 5/-. The first we have for the island. Tuesday June 19: Cloudy day, heavy rain between 2 & 4 PM. Collected on a grassland patch up of 10-100 acres a short 2 hour walk ca. N of camp, 6 of pachyderm 800 ft. altitude. Treelike ridge east for a few widely scattered Sepianchea Trees (Pls. 6). Bram burn in both; mostly Ramette, with a dozen sprinkling of Tatalia, Taghium, Achiene, & a little Implicata in places. Rebo, Pariica, Hackdonsis, Malangin, Bichina, Phtharasace, Canna minorifolia, Trotalaria linifolia, etc. Low trees more included. 25 near from our mountain camp, then are several similar plants in the neighbourhood. Very hot on a fine ground after our walks in the mountains. Trent Jacking last night, shot a curious little a Sepianchea. Kim a census. Rain was falling up at 6PM, passed a willaby on the grassland field. We visited. Three Pogonangs (brought) from a Marina this afternoon for a stock of tobacco. & Tom Bopjattona shot the evening by Laver & Kim.