UJJ 
t Z f 'pe^ * 
of = old water and soma omnll hW aprinno. Our thraea.terv.ou-a only_ 
ritlster 130 but It only took norcnr^ a ^few 
On June 22nd 
an altitude 
wo made our 
of 7.>40 f : h, 
the side of the mourtcin 
tfnps with us. Thera was 
reaching. 
a are: t 
ihkol.. water not five m V «. _ r^ieteroa 
60 V hers we ate lunch', altitude 40 oO feet, and at .5 0 cxcck I »-^. 
;ve : reached our permanent camp at thefoot ofAppo proper, a_ 
wo paid off our carriers and some of them started ^ck f °nce while 
others stayed with us till morning, wo then proceed* to moke _ 
ourselves comfortable. ’# had with’ vie two suot-guna, anci ore . a - 
more than one hundred traps. . „ , a ^a 
On Juno 18th the Major sot ; great. many. traps, snot nuit.e .t* . _ 
caught some .rata. H§ waerkept buoy skinning them one preparing -c. 
transportation. . .. „ iV > 
Wo had fine water here .and built a new .house nine^b; ,we±ve xset - flis 
not close up the sides Just leaving it with the -u-oor ana root wn -n 
made from, the burl: - of tress. The Dcgobos village is scout live 
hours march ‘from hero, they bring 'all kinds of things to us -o eao 
for which we would trade cloth brought along fo- the,.pnn oso. a .-jor 
hiivn- ^-.rr.v. : r+7 ? V r ^c thyy-i , imP-Xn---vhc line of "bu } 7;3, snakes, shells, frogs, 
rats, bird sand Various. kinds .of plants. We preserve the different 
specimens in formalin dr alcohol. 
for the next few days we did nothing but.shoot and trap, collecting a 
great deal of Material. 
first trip up 
We .tools.'some 
deal oi', sulpherThere■ in the ;fcrm of .uuart.s almost, purs, W3 found 
steam blowing ou1j v ? q , |* '-flVe-'sides of '-the 'can,, or. 'in many places. It issued 
from small holes about six .inches in diameter and made a noise like the 
blowing off og. the safty v.aivo of an crgir.e.I brought a lot of oulphsr 
Ui.ok^tb cgtnp.eoToe of' tlx&' ■pl.ad&atiMe ifth'in?;-- twre pettrttn cr men- 347/ 
It continued raining almost continually xortho next three days and 
nights- and wfe 
the bath and-:th 
two natives uC 
gave tc the : bog.oi 
On June MkCth I went up the left side of the cany oil -reaching an rlt.it, e 
of 0100 feet, ft -r very" difficult cl imbin ; nothin,-; cut largo recks* 
being unable to reach the cur-If. from this sice I returned to camp irod 
and hungry, I found the I'd j c r busy'skinning-birds and rats. Caught a 
new kind of . animal about sise of aert; 'which the Bdgobos called 
OPkJa«bitogth, tho'k5i^o£?^:a;iiaf?i.-'' it .was a civ it. 
"koo-bing”,the Major told ms it was a civit . 
On'June 28th. the Major,myself aftd four guides left camp - at 6:4:3 A>1 . 
determined to reach the sum it • We ; -e ached "Guide sRe st ,f at' 8:30, 
altitude 7240 feet. At 8:45 at an altitude of 7450 feet, w« found a 
marble slab ten and one half by ten and one half inches and one inch**®**?# 
thick with the following inscription.on ia/fnSpanioil; 
Abo. 
Mulch.. 
Sxpedition Rejnl. 
10th Octbre, 1880. 
be next stopped at an altitude of 0100 feet, close by a small boulder 
frerr, which there was a fine view of Davao and the bay. There was a good 
easy trail and we came to a small steam vont : at an 
altitude of 8800 feet,,At 1C C*clock A.M., v.e reached the east point of 
Appo (9000)ft. end at cloven c’clccjk reack ;-d the sumit of the east t eak 
altitude 9500 feet. Here was a cluster of peaks forming almost“*w?rrijkiefce , “ 
a completecircle around the old crater, the bottom of which is 250ft, 
below the peaks. On one side there is im opening about thirty yard;® 
across arid about 4 ft, above the bottom. Here-' we found '£ lake 100 yards 
1,Ohs 80 yards wide and about .four feet deep. The water wus fine but 
slightly oulpiidroilo',;; here ;.w@ at e our lunch. There was not much veget; - 
ticn except numbers og huckle-berry bushes. Of these barrios we" at ■ 
abundantly and also carried .. lot, back t.o caimp 'with us, where we had 
sugar, and canned----;--- 
