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Ho more than 3 wives. Their slavea are all prisoners of war. 
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Zahm-ba-Sambanot green Viper head Baganga River. 
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Rock—Bah to in Mindaya. 
A spec teen was taken to show the formation of the bed of the upper 
Baganga, wtioh is filled with pot-holes of ail sines, sows drilled very 
deep and symmetrically. The trail ia very rough slippery and diffioult, 
the stream abounding in cascades and deep pools in rook besins. The 
walls of the oanyon abound in small oaves, in some of whioh Mandayas had 
builA fires. From one underground (opening pushed a stream from the 
right bank. Land-leeches continually annoy us. Sun shining brightly. 
This fine stream must contain fish as large, whitish-headed Kingfishers are 
occasionally seen. Wherever the stream opens out, the banks are oocupied 
by heap-trees, aad some tuber bearing lilys used for food. White- 
headed Stork—One seen.—One Grow, the first seen in the Mountains. 
Guide speared large Frog (Rana) for me. 
One Tringoldes seen. Another 
Our Mandayan guide says we are near the Rio Sayapo. He leaves us 
to run on to a village and seoure a guide to meet us on the trail in 
advance to show us the way to Compostelo on the Rio Agusam meanwhile 
the "praotico" (guide) with the oargadores (human beaets of burden) 
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behind us will guide ue on this trail up the Baganga River, which has 
beoome small and flattened in its valley. 
Balaam is the oomraonost flower. There seem to be at least two 
spaoies hero (specimens). 
Another orow, very feold. Voices of small birds-unidentlfied. 
Mandays oat Frogs, but not Rats. In making a fire they use a 
