4 ME. H. N. iilDLET ON PLANTS 



Camp III was situated on the sontherii slope of a range of foothills the summit of 

 which, 3000 ft. high and half- an -hour's journey from the camp, was known to us as 

 Observation Point : for from a clearing there, Mt. Carstensz and its snows (26 miles 

 away) and the intervening country, together with the mountains west and east, from 

 Tapiro Peak to the Linnaeus Tops, were visible on clear mornings. 



Tlie hills culminating in Observation Point are to be regarded as mere outliers of 

 the main mountain ranges, from which they ai'e separated by valleys wherein run 

 streams the beds of which probably in no case exceed 1000 ft. in altitude. But 

 though of equal elevation with Camp VI a, where collecting was done later on, it 

 will be seen that the flora of tlxe two localities differs considerably. As pointed out, 

 Camp III and Observation Point are practically detached from the main ranges, while 

 Camp VI a lay well within the mountainous region. But the former, being the first 

 dejiot cam J) on the route to the snows, was occupied for a considerable period, and 

 possibly a fuller collection was made in its neighbourhood than elsewhere. 



From Camp III a course was taken along the side of Observation Hidge and 

 thence across gradually-falling, much-watered land with limestone outcrops to a river 

 whence a watershed was reached, with a descent to a second river at 900 ft. ; then 

 up along high ridges and down to Camp IV, at 1100 ft. on the bank of the Utakwa 

 Iliver, which we had last been in touch with some distance below the Base Camp. 



Four days' marching from the Canoe Camp had brought us to a point on the main 

 stream some 14^ miles distant to the !N.E., and situated at the foot of the frontal 

 range. 



From Camp IV to Camp V the frequently steep banks of the Utakwa Iliver were 

 followed for about 2^ miles ; then a route was taken for some distance up a tributary 

 running between high jorecipices and steep l);inks : this was left for hills which 

 carried the track vip to 2500 ft., and a descent was again made to the Utakwa, where 

 Camp V was placed at an altitude of 1775 ft., half a mile above a conspicuous landslip 

 across the stream. 



Between Camp V and Camp VI the march was kept as close to the river as possible ; 

 once or twice, as in the jirevious section, the way being taken through the water itself. 

 The highest ground passed over was less than 150 ft. above the terminal camp, which 

 was placed on a point contained by the Utakwa — now the Tsingarong — and the 

 Kemarong, a western affluent, at a height of 2115 ft. 



No systematic plant-work was done at Camp VI, tlie second depot, as it lay in a basin 

 surrounded by steep hills ; but at a subsidiary Camp, VI a, 3050 ft., on the western bank 

 of the Tsingarong (which was followed from here onwards), collecting was carried on for 

 some days. This camp was situated in one of several grassy clearings on a ridge. 



A second Camp, VI /;, 4475 ft., was later established on the shoulder of a ridge 

 dropping Lo the Tsingarong and divided from VI a by broken country and several 

 streams. 



