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Malindang River at 6:16 P. M, Here ire camped and became very olosely acquainted 
with quite a few land leeches, which inhabit this river gorge as thickly as mos- 
quitoes at Zamboanga. The leeches are so peculiarly constructed as to be able 
to grow* at your expense, to about 1/2 inch in diameter, without being discovered. 
At 8:40 A. M, June 2nd, we started to ascend the Malindang River. It is from 
60 to 60 feet wide, and contains from 6 inches to 2 feet of water. The river- 
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bed is continually rising at a 6 to 8 inoline. The water comes down in con¬ 
tinual rapids. The scenery of this river is very beautiful, especially in some 
places, where the river comes thro' narrow canyons with perpendicular rock walls on 
both sides, from 50 to 100 feet high, covered with moss of various descriptions; 
and flowers are seen wherever your eyes may turn. In some plaoes, mighty trees, 
growing on opposite sides of the river, have joined their branohes; and attached 
vines and orchids which were everywhere in untold different species, completed the 
most gorgeous of arches. From the right, as also from the left, several small 
tributaries enter into the Jialindang River over falls from 40 to 60 feet high. 
Thus we continued for about 6 miles, when, at 1:46 P. M., we reached the place 
where the Malindang River forks into two branches one coming from the north, the 
other from the west. We followed the one from the north, the smaller one of the 
two, and named tt Raspberry Creek, because we had to chop our way with bolos thro* 
a mass of raspberry bushes, which grew on both sides of the creek, and joined 
hands across it. Here also we found species of violets growing on the banks of the 
creek, the same as in the United States. W e climbed over several 'fells, from 20 to 
30 feet high, and then came to one about 50 fbet high which e oould not climb. 
Here we branohed off to the right, and climbed up to the main ridge. Here we found, 
at 6100 feet, a level spot, and went into camp at 3:16 P. M,, June 2nd, and named 
it MoMurray Flats, after Jaokson J. MoMurray, Hospital Corps, U. S. Army. The 
next morning we got a fine view of Malindang Peak from a high tree at MoMurray Flats, 
