resin of which oopal, has a high commercial value, being used, in the making of 
varnish. 
On the 17th, we left camp at 6:00 A. M. sharp, arriving at the top of the 
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mountain at 8. Our disappointment can be imagined when from the top of this 
mountain we would see that we were not on the peak of Malindang, and to reach it we 
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must go down a deep gulch then up the other side which would have taken probably 
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On account of the slow time we were making in alb attempt to climb Malindang, 
the very short distance vt wtill were from Misamis and the thought that our rations 
might run short at a bad time or plaoe I decided to continue on our jorney leaving 
Malindang unclimbed. 
The mountain we were on was a peak almost exactly like Malindang and very 
slightly lower, only a matter of probably 150 or 200 feet. We must have been at 
8:00 o’clook in the morning of the 17th June at an altitude of 8000 or more. This 
mountain we named Lebo after our regimental cananqnder, Lieut. Holcomb took many 
observations and will give bearing, height, eto. of it as well as of Malindang 
in his map. I feel pretty certain that Mt. Lebo is hidden from the coast by 
Malindang and is between 8000 and 8600 feet high. 
Our attempt at Mt. Malindang can in no way be considered a failure and we would 
have ascended this peak, in addition to the one we did ascend,had we not had a long 
trip before us where all of our rations would be apt to be needed. As it was we were 
right up against Malindang but it would have required time to make the ascent. 
We spent about an hour on top of Mt. Lebo then started forward on our journey 
to Margos sa Tubig via Cumularang. 
