David LeRoy Topping notebook, 1904-1940
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9 Toring to Nian - 8 miles - 3000 feet Bamboo dirt & heart - lovely view Bananas, oranges - fennel - lime, cucumbers much corn - sweet potato - nice mucus dirt Interpreters Miss Gibbs Page 25- Orchids - Singer Amer Vol. 6 222 species 110 men - Total for Borneo 226 Gingers 120 - financial difficulties 3 days then trip to Lobang Nov. 10 Began ascent - Nian to Lobang trouble with carriers - wet cold Later warming Nov. 11 Lobang - Namburanga - Pahq cold & wet - lunch - smoke - no guide - Ong Eni Pitching plants - shoalsclad Broad leaved corifrons Nov. 12 Wet declin - Sumpfat & Babay Sacrifices rock - nice - worked & smoked, eggs, cheese, total sent cham - dead chickens Nov. 18, Salute - granite cap - Louse Bay Potentillas : nanomarha in bloom shoots cluain