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Friday August 29 To Palisade Trail
4500 feet
Jordan hunted up a trail which
he thought wound into no acres,
a pass to the Mounted Palisade Trail.
We left a good time and followed
a blazed trail through the Balcony
woods. Had dinner near the
David fort far below but climbed
then went on and soon reached
the summit passing through a
series of beautiful alpine
meadows. Summit 10,00 feet
from altitude came in some
Milan Plumpigan and shot a
pair. This man quits a lot
but they soon very week
Jordan tells me that this bird
(Milan Plumpigan) as on the Balcony
Mts and in the Mts about Jocladak.
Luke says that once he found
the eggs of this bird on the flat
near Sheep Creek where the Jocladak
Trail crosses. It is common also
on Silver Creek in the Ommner
Monday Sept 1 Sett P. Connelly
for awhile space about 4,000 feet
above all about and a bit of the
Mts. It went off shortly during
the day.
I took Zebra to mountains along
Papua. Practically no birds about.
Tuesday Sept 2 Sate Post Compulsely
Cold and rainy and little being
observed a few birds but could not
accomplish much. We are trying
to arrange to get a man to take
up to a certain mountain on the
Sentat others sheep and ward
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