1948 Archbold Cape York Expedition December 8, 1947 to December 4, 1948
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Transcription
The Mossman Gorge, three miles up the Mossman River from the town of Mossman, should make another good site for a collecting camp for mammals. I camped there for a week or more in 1932; got a very good collection of rain-forest plants, including several new ones. There one is on the edge of vast, undisturbed rain-forests covering rugged country that reaches far back into the mountains. Today I wanted to contact old friends who could help us in that area, but all I achieved was the collection of a few more soil samples for Pfizer & Co., who are carrying out work in antibiotics back in New York.