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word had been sent some days ago that we would buy animals or 
birds from the natives. As we stepped out of our car, the cry 
went out "Binatangl" and we were pleasantly surprised to see how 
m 
tly SpiclSS SS'co- in. There were ma ny birds including sane 
beautiful carrots - one particularly handsome with a long toll, 
a iSisfa baby Fells minute, and half a dozen monkeys some of_ 
them on' chains, some tied to the trees. *e dij not bu> tte 1-ttle 
cat because it was not in good condition ana the man refused to 
sell It It the price we offered, nor did we buy the monkeys as 
they were all &mmz**wm* common macaques, but it ^ n our gin, 
to see that news of the object of our expedition was spreading. 
We spent the afternoon shopping for camp supplies - blankets 
and cots, and tinned foods. 
March 16 - Dolok Silau 
w e were up at 5.?0, before daylight, and hastily finished Peking 
for ou? first camping trip, /t six a bus which we had hired dree 
up to our door, and Dr. and Mrs. Coenraad Williams, Bill ana 1 
and Geddi piled in, with all our gear taking up the rear half of 
the bu" rdi rt of the roof. We drove through the cool early 
morning out to Soeriboe Dolok, 66 Km. to the southwest. Wj were 
soon Sut of the rubber country. Along the rordside tfce were wall 
of spider webs, making a shimmering curtain as high as a man s 
head. We drove past the largest tea factory m toe world, ,na 
S^w iiterallv miles of tea bushes. Many of tnem hao. just been 
pruned! and in a curious manner: All the Ranches but one were 
cut off to within a foot of the ground; one branch was left 
sticking up in the -ir, and upon this the insects are supposed to 
congregate! When this'last branch is cut off and burned the pests 
that attack tea are done for in one swoop. 
Ps we wound on and on, up into the hills, we prssed rice 
fiPlri* near lv reedy to h rvest. One could write a monograpn on 
tne dlf?erent species of scarecrow that inhabit the fields. Some of 
them looked like the familiar tramp of our ^gra^tx^B. One 
was a clever representation of a hawk, enough to Brighten ,ny 
small bird away. Some of them were little windmills that turned 
tZ breeze. There were many pieces of <P alm leaf , or banana leaf, 
hune on strings and revolving in tne wind. One of the most 
Sgfnious devices was a network of strings fetching out over the 
field. On each string were one or many pieces of Dcn.n, leave !» 
an? ail the strings lid to a central platform where a small boy 
sat all day End pulled the strings to keep the leaves m motion. 
Seriboe Doiok is about 4,000 feet high, and was downright 
chiliv when we got there at eight o'clock. We went to the rest- 
nouse* wne?e we'were to meet Mr. Tichelman, the Assistant Resi- 
dent, who had planned to go with- us to Dolok uilau. He ^ 
changed his mind about accompanying us all the ^y, but off ered 
us hot coffee and hot chocolate, which we drank gr tefuli: . Ihen 
he went with us as far as the station of Doxok Silau. This Wc-s 
the end of the automobile road, and here were supped to be 
porters to carry our gear into the kampong, ten kilometers through 
the jungle. 
Mrs. Coenraad and I rode that last 20 Km. with Mr . 
Tichelman, who commented on the remarkable influence tne ^utcn 
2. , j „ /% „, iv , + „, r nniv thirtv -rears ago it would 
government had on the country, uniy xn.Li t„ ye«iB <. &^ 
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