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No more than 3 wives. Their slaves are all prisoners of war* 
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Zahm-ba- Sambanot green Viper head Baganga River* 
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Rock— *Bahto in Mindaya* 
A specimen was taken to show the formation of the bed of the upper 
Baganga, wftich is filled with pot-holes of all sizes, some drilled very 
deep and symmetrically. The trail is very rough slippery and difficult, 
the stream abounding in cascades and deep pools in rock basins. The 
walls of the canyon abound in small caves, in some of which Mandayas had 
built fires* From one underground opening gushed a stream from the 
rip-ht bank. Land— leeches continually annoy us* Sun shining brightly. 
This fine stream must contain fish as large, whitish-headed Kingfishers ar© 
occasionally seen® Wherever the stream opens out, the banks are occupied 
by hemp- trees, and some tuber bearing lilys used for food* White- 
headed Stork— One seen.— One Crow, the first seen in the Mountains. 
Guide speared large Frog (Rana ) for me* 
One Tringoides seen. Another 
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Our Mand&yan guide says we are near the Rio Sayapo • He leaves us 
to run on to a village and secure a guide to meet us on the trail in 
advance to show us the way to Compostelo on the Rio Agusam meanwhile 
the "practico" (guide) with the cargadores (human beasts of burden) 
behind as will guide us on this trail up the Baganga River, which has 
become small and flattened in its valley. 
Balsam is the commonest flower* There seem to be at least two 
species here (specimens). 
Another crow, very feold. Voices of small birds-unidentified. 
Mandays eat Frogs, but not Rats. In making a fire they use a 
