KOLm - ABBOTT, XL L. 
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KOT’ES, 1S18. 
The last atten^^t to reach mountains of La Eotte ended in 
failure. I did not reach over 3,200 feet. A most lovely district 
called Moline. Coffee right to the summits. One of my hoys got 
sick, and I sent him hack to Jeremie where he died a few days after. 
The other hoy got fever pretty had. I also had some fever. 
I found no hill birds except Kicordia s wains oni and Todus 
angustirostris . My iade st e s is not singing nm and it v/as impossible 
to find it. Everybody in the hills knew it under name "La musicia-n" 
Heard many "Chat huant" in dense broken jungle country in the 4 
en 
section. Too dense to see anything. Don’t know if it was IJyctibius 
or Mlcrosiphonorhis . It was lovely up in the hills only for the fever. 
I find the right way to reach La Hotte is to march 9 males east of 
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Jereinie to Rosst^u, then up the river of Roseau to the quart ier called 
^*Catineau, This includes the north slope of La Hotee. I doubt if 
La Kotte is much over 5,000. I was on the hill above lloline at 3,000 
(or a little more) and it v/as 8 miles across iniervenin^ valley ^^Catineau^^ 
to La Hotte. Certainly it v/as not 2,000 feet hi^:her. It setims to be 
covered with pines. Some pine forest at Moline. It would be best to 
visit the hi^h lands in June (summer) when '^La Musician’^ is sinking. 
I had a very pleasant camp at Moline at 200Q feet, by a clear 
cold river, opposite the little R.C. church. Plenty to ea^, chickens, 
eggs, sweet potatoes, yams. 
milk, etc. and everybody most friendly. 
