Field journal : Archbold 1936 New Guinea Exp. February 27, 1936 to July 8, 1937
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Lr 18, P. 14 plenty of evidence of having once had heavy traffic over it: the tree-roots are now + exposed. moreover, it runs th[rough] high ridgy country & is very steep & + well laid down. City Willis + Healy didn't find it; they came over the old track which is more rounded out. A comparatively short distance brings one onto ridgy country, apparently formed of the sandstone conglomerates which we had down at Palmer Junction. Thus the r.s. appears (?) to override the limestone. Saw no mammals. When I came back from re-baiting this afternoon I found the wei [sic] mice new back again - eight of them this time. They had brought a large pig, some sugar cane, sweet potatoes and bananas. We gave them a hatcher for the pig, & the gifts in proportion. From the tree-ladder could see 4x7. Saw, partly cloud hidden and over its right shoulder the much higher Mt Fair (our destination) also partly crested over... (Note: our boys are missing hymns every night to themselves). Monday. June 15. Added three new mammals to the camp, they had all of them before at Palmer Junction: Lager arboreal Melomys, Entallowna and the tail-less macroglossine bat. In afternoon shifted trap-line to the ridgy country along the trace of the N.W. Patrol.