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where the excellent potatoes are grown. To the north the surrounding hills 
slope on both sides to a marshy area, which marks the exit of a river, as on 
the lower lake. 
To the south-west the houses of another head-hunting tribe were pointed 
out, who seem to dominate this part of the country, as those before men- 
tioned cause a reign of terror at lower altitudes. These people possibly 
represent the tribe called “ Hiraj,” about which St. Vraz (15, 234) was told 
at Hatam that they lived beyond the lake Tschemti, and were spoken of 
as cannibals ; but I never heard any of these “ Orang jatoe” referred to as 
anything but head-hunters by my informants, Manao and Waspiri. 
Our stay at the g lake, much as I should have liked to prolong it, 
was limited to six days. The camp, never very dry at the best of times, 
became sodden and under water from so much trampling, and many of the 
Wariap people, who had faithfully kept their promise to stay with me, were 
suffering from bad colds and rheumatism, such a sudden change of tempera- 
ture necessarily telling on people accustomed to tropical heat, when warm 
clothing cannot be provided. 
The Malays of my escort were also becoming depressed, as they always 
do when out of their accustomed environment, so the order to break camp 
was hailed as a happy deliverance by everybody but myself. The beauty of 
these surroundings, their extraordinary variety, afforded such a wealth of 
material for work and reflection, which, with crisp air, cool temperature, and 
splendid weather, made one long to spend more time in this lovely spot. 
Our return was along the 8.W. ridge again, leaving on the right 
the spur by which we had ascended. Beyond this point a fine high forest 
developed as the altitude decreased, the huge climbing ferns still wreathing 
the trunks of the much finer trees, the undergrowth showing less herbaceous 
variety with more sub-staging of shrubs and young trees. A small clump 
of Corsia arfakensis, a new species, grew on some dead wood, and at 
about 5000’ a group of two or three magnificent Agathis Dammara, with 
towering white stems, too large to climb, and very small crowns, occurred. 
Great lumps of white dammar stood out on the trunks, which the 
“ Pradjoerit,” to whom these trees were familiar in Amboina, immediately 
wanted to fire, so like the wasteful Fijians with their beautiful “ Dakua ” 
trees, which I sternly forbade. This practice, I was glad to see, seemed 
unknown to the Papuans. 
Many young trees showing the fastigiate youth form were seen, and one 
of the Papuans found me a young seedling, about 2 m. high, from which I 
took the foliage, but had to content myself, so far as fruiting material went, 
with some old scales found beneath the old trees; they were sufficient, 
however, to determine the species. 
Continuing down a lateral spur, running in an easterly direction, we 
