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May 20, 1904. 
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The Buluan River is becoming a sw5 ft and narrow stream, up which we 
proceed a mile or two and camp among some cocoanut and other trees. The 
Infantry column under Captain Devore reached this camp at 5 o'clock ?. M» 
yesterday. There are acres of bean vine about this place. 
May 21, 1904. 
Left Buluan early in the morning in a large More vinta for a trip, which 
lasted three hours, up the Buluan River to the Lake Buluan and returning. 
River water very sulphurous. On the margin were patches of tule rush, lotus. 
Polygonum, buck-bean, white water lily, senna, sedge, coarse clump fern. 
Moros eat the petiole of the lotus — the tender b?se-~as well as the nuts 
which taste like chestnuts* Clumps of tall cane-grass. Plume-like ferns 
in beds along the banks. Many species of grass. Of Polygonum 1 see several 
species. Elephant -ear. Some Moro houses, with banana and cocoanut 
trees. Spent the rest of the day in our pretty camp at Buluan. Tito 
I nfantry companies march, by trail, in Syf hours. Measured a crocodile 
(ll feet) that a soldier had shot. 
May 22, 1904. 
The troopis remained in camp ■ at Buluan. Set out in vintas up the 
Buluan River to Lake Buluan. On reaching the lake it was commonly noted 
that heads of great Crocodiles would rise gently to the surface and lie 
perfectly still. This lake fairly swarms with crocodiles. General Yfood 
sounded and gave me mud from the lake bottom which contained many small shells 
that I preserved. There are no large native villages on Lake Buluan; but there 
is a large population distributed around the lake margin in scattered houses. 
ATe met some of Enoch's people moving away in boats because they were afre id 
