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Topo Notes
3 Harris, C.H. Surg. Jourm. LXXIV, 1929, pp. 305-322;
Clampin, [illegible] E (book).
As regards the Archbold expedition,
Several flights by
over the mountains forming the source of the Fly River and
its upper tributaries gave a splendid opportunity
to gain a broad grasp of the general geography
of the area before going into the rougher
country on foot. In fact it was the
regrettable loss of the plane alone
It capsizes at anchor in Pat morely lagoon
prevented us from securing
seda for our failure to become much [illegible]
more extensive
geographical data.
The map published by Macgregor, who
had with him Mr J.B. Cameron a qualified
surveyor, has been used as a base on which
to place newly observed data. To that map
Austin and Harris made successfully additions
and alterations to the while preserving the general
course of the Fly (and higher up of the Palmer)
River as far as the "607-mile" mark on the