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country to the north. He told me that from a hill 

 near our camp I could see the Urray range of 

 mountains standing out boldly some 50 miles away ; 

 I knew therefore that they must be on the edge of 

 the Reserve, as I was now about that distance from 

 its northern border. 



Although I gathered that the hill from whence I 

 could spy out the country was only some six or eight 

 miles distant, I felt that in my weak state it would be 

 impossible for me to go there and return between 

 sunrise and sunset, so, as soon as I could move, we 

 took six or eight porters to carry what was 

 absolutely necessary for twenty-four hours, and set 

 out with Papai, leaving the Headman in charge of 

 our camp by Crater Lake. The morning was foggy, 

 and the march was a painful one to me and prolonged 

 on account of the many rests I had to take; but at 

 the end of it, when we got clear of the mist, it was 

 gratifying to find that the highest peak of the Urray 

 range was plainly visible. I lost no time in taking 

 its bearing, as well as those of some other prominent 

 features of the country round about, and these I 

 sketched in on my map, thus completing and linking 

 up the whole chain of mountains and hills which I 

 considered suitable to form a good natural eastern 

 boundary to the Reserve. 



