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party left, at 12:00 M. for Catagan, passing through Tangob, which is a town 
of about 3000 inhabitants, mostly Filipinos, and followed a trail much used by 
Subanos, which led mostly northwest for 3 milea The ground is almost level 
rising, hardly noticeably, to an elevation of 3D0 feet. On both sidesof the 
trail are large clearings covered with grass, and travelling up to this point, 
which is actually the foot of the Malindang group is very easy. Here we crossed 
the Malabug River, which at this p int is about 60 feet wide and has running 
water. About one mile Hast of this point the water of the Malabug River disappears 
between the rocks underground. From here the trail is rocky, over rolling ground 
and through dry ravines, timber and underbrush on both sides. Just before reach¬ 
ing Catagan we passed thro' a large hemp grove. At 3:00 P. M. our party reached 
Catagan, a small gubano settlement (altitude 1100 feet). The cases are built on 
the slope of the mountain and surrounded by hemp groves. The largest case in 
the settlement, about 100 by 40 feet, belongs to the Datu Anib, the chief of the 
settlement. This Subano tribe, especially the Datu, an old man, did everything 
in his power to make it comfortable for the party, even to the extent of moving 
his family into another "shack," and giving us possession of his own case.. 
He, later on, provided the party with rice, chickens and eggs, which were very 
cheap. The religion of this tribe is sun worship; and one of their oustoms te 
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to vacate a casa after its master had died, which accounted for several empty 
"shacks" which we found in the neighborhood. 
On May 15th, Major Mearns, Captain Jervey and Lieutenant Earle, made a 
reconnoissanoe north of Catagan, and reached the peak of lit, Lebo. elevation 
5760 feet. This is the mountain which Captain C. C. Smith asoended, in 1904. 0n 
the same day. Major Mearns, in descending west of Mt. Lebo, found a narrow ridge 
leading west, and this the party followed the next morning for about 2 miles, 
and oame to the foot of another mountain, which they asoended. This peak has 
