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over botli tropical and Alpine flora. And Mr. Bailey has not yet 
done classifying his specimens, nor touched at all upon his cryptogamic 
plants. And only a fraction of the flora of Bellenden-Ker was fruit- 
ing or flowering during our visit, so the rest had therefore to be left 
uncollected ! On our way up the spur we shot some pheasant-tailed 
pigeons, and heard the solitary harsh note of the rifle bird in all direc- 
tions. Here, too, was Spalding's Orthonyx (called " chowchilla " by 
the blacks), or the " spine-tailed scrub bird," a very noisy bird, with a 
rich, full note, and great powers of imitation. He is conspicuous by 
the size of his feet and strength and thickness of his thighs. The 
scrub hen, one of the moundbuilders, was also plentiful, but the scrub 
turkey is rare, though this bird travels to even higher altitudes than 
the scrub hen, the nests being discovered over 4,000 feet, much smaller 
than the nests on the level country, on account of the difficulty of 
collecting the dead leaves. 
On Thursday, 20th June, Bailey, Whelan, Harold, and myself 
started to ascend the mountain, leaving Broadbeut and all the black - 
boys, except one, to follow next day loaded with provisions. The 
camp at the Pools was the second base of supplies. 
We travelled slowly up, partly for Bailey's sake, and to allow" 
him to observe the flora as he went along. From 2,600 feet we had 
to resume our track cutting, no specially pleasant work for Whelan and 
myself when carrying 40 lb. loads, and required to find the proper course 
to take. About 4 o'clock we arrived at 4,000 feet, and camped under 
a splendid palm tree about 20 feet high, shading a circle 30 feet in 
diameter. This palm Mr. Bailey may find to be a new species. 
About 200 yards from this palm, down a descent of 100 feet, is a 
stream of clear cold water forever running. Temperature of water, 
58 degrees ; atmosphere at night, 56 degrees ; day shade, 62 degrees ; 
We were now in the habitat of the tree-climbing kangaroo, called 
" mappee " by the blacks. The south peak of Wooroonooran was 
still six miles away, 1,000 feet above us, through dense scrub. Mr. 
Bailey had made the ascent of 3,000 feet from the Pools without much 
fatigue, and in ten minutes after arrival was scattering ten-syllable 
words broadcast among the surrounding vegetation. During the 
night some audacious animals came and took an open tin of mutton, a 
pair of socks, and some biscuits from within a yard of our heads. 
These omnivorous marauders were caught in traps on a future 
occasion, and proved to be two huge native cats of a species found 
only north of Car dwell. 
Next day, the 21st, we were out collecting part of the day, and 
Whelan and myself cut the track on to the second water two miles 
ahead, being able to follow some faint marks left by him, Barnard, 
and I on a former flying trip, and so possibly saved a little time at a 
point where spurs radiated to all points, and only one went in the 
right direction. One main spur diverges here and runs away to 
Bartle Frere (Chooreechillum) and junctions with a spur from that 
mountain, the saddle forming the divide between the waters of 
Tringilburra and Babinda Creeks, one running to the Mulgrave, the 
other to the Bussell. In the afternoon Broadbent arrived with five 
boys loaded with pronsions. One of the troopers remained with 
Beman at the lower camp, and one in charge of the camp at the Pools. 
I omitted to mention in my last that Swallow and Derham very 
kindly and gratuitously sent me a Pentecost Island boy named 
