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waders. We spent the day at this point and embarked again 

 late the same evening. 



March 19 we reached Dadagican at daylight and remained 

 there until afternoon. This place consisted of a few houses 

 grouped together on a small, low island, which was otherwise 

 covered almost entirely by a coconut grove. Two species of 

 herons, one species of kingfisher, a swallow, a swallow-shrike, 

 a sunbird, a crow, and a lone sandpiper comprised the bird 

 life of the island. 



After leaving Dadagican we arrived at Bankalan at dusk, but 

 as we departed again the same night I was unable to get any time 

 in the forest at this place. The next morning, March 20, we 

 reached Balabac Island. Our stay at Balabac was limited to 

 one day. I found the country near the town of that name to 

 consist mostly of forested hills of low elevation, without any 

 level plains or open grassland. 



March 21 we arrived at Dandelit v/here we spent the morning. 

 This settlement is on the mainland of Palawan on the western 

 coast and is situated in a small pocket at the foot of forested 

 hills and cliffs which almost or quite meet the sea on either 

 side. The jungle hereabouts is very dense, and as we put to 

 sea again at noon, I was able, in the brief time available, to 

 penetrate but a short distance into the tangle. 



On the evening of March 21 we reached the settlement of 

 Candauaga, which, also on the mainland, lies on a swampy plain 

 at the mouth of a river, with a certain amount of good forest 

 very near the shore and considerably more farther toward the 

 mountains. This was my point farthest north along the west- 

 ern coast, as I made no effort to push on in that direction but 

 remained at Candauaga for several days and explored the sur- 

 rounding country. 



The day after arrival I proceeded to the mouth of a second 

 river a short distance to the south. At a small settlement 

 nearby a boat and boatmen were secured, and I followed up 

 the stream to the neighborhood of forests in the interior, re- 

 turning that evening to Candauaga. Two days later I left most 

 of my equipment in the launch, and accompanied by a Moro 

 policeman from the Governor's party set out to cross the island 

 to the eastern coast. 



The first stage of the journey was made that night by boat, 

 down the coast to the mouth of a broad river and up the current 

 of the latter as far as our boat could go. There we embarked 



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