38 Forestry Quarterly. 



The Keuffel-Esser Company of New York have just put an ex- 

 cellent compass upon the market. It has a needle three inches in 

 length, mounted in a brass box, with upright hinged sights. It 

 is the ordinary surveyor's compass in miniature, and is provided 

 with a ball and socket joint for mounting on a Jacob's staff. The 

 instrument seems admirably suited for forest work. It is light 

 enough to be carried in the pocket and used for valuation survey 

 work, and accurate enough for running interior lines, mapping 

 trails, roads, etc. Price, $io. 



Camp, ioo Mues Beyond all Signs of 



CiVIUZATION, NEAR BOLES PrINCIPE. P. I. 



August 30, 1902. 



My Dear 



Sitting here in my tent and waiting for the rain to stop so that 

 we can go out on a valuation survey, I will write a line to 5'ou 

 who certainly think I have forgotten all my old friends. 



The last three months have been full of haste and hurry for 

 me. I left Hagger and the Camarines at two hours' notice, went 

 a few days with Bryant, a little while in Manila, and then had 

 to start for this forlorn part of the world. In mv party are two 

 American boys and one Philippino botanist. It took us fifteen 

 days to make the trip from Manila. 



This is the wildest part of the islands ; a few huts and soldiers' 

 barracks are all the signs of civilization in the region, and they 

 are so far from the woods that we have to stay in camp near the 

 place of our work. Our present camp is .situated on the very 

 rocky sea coast, near a small river. The river has three water- 

 falls, one of them 100 feet high. The region is all very nice and 

 picturescjue, but rather rough for work. There are no trails, and 

 every step we take has to be first cut out. The work is, there- 

 fore, very difficult and .slow ; we never can finish more than six 

 to eight acres per day. Frequent rains keep us often in camp ; 

 that means in a leaky tent. This week we could get out only 

 three days. 



I had to take all our provi.sions from Manila ; canned food is 

 all wc have. 



