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our outfit up in about & hours ,fow—round tres, The camp is 
Situated in a flat part of the valley just at its head with, the 
glazier, and snow banks above gewiec.a magnificent view of the 
seenery, The sides of the valley at camo are heavily forested 
but very stecp and rise some 2,000 fect above the floor. The 
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eresk is a quiet and level strean Sl a cascades at camp. Most 
of the flat valley is covered by, bamboo, 6 to 15 feet high with 
gules Ered 8 interspread. All the Sa» are rs tees by grecn 
moss ake Guschwc of bromeliads Lbke-pineapile plaate-in appear= 
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ane "Baw a tomean wens long billed bird evideet?y seen by fe,” 
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on his frip. Sew no bear Signin the trail but the men pyey pet 
there Was a track in the shelter of a large rock. The aneréid = be 
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scabies io eG this camp which is no doubt nearly correct. yr 
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Lee ee ee re ee 5 5800 4 dia pages of 8360, a 
ApeTr8 inh feet 
May 7th. Gereut: hiSris Bun@omys: won the upver camp, only L eaemol- 
s p.2 Ss 5 fy Se poe es 8 
$1{es and one large ochraceous rat Thomosonys. Q6aught another 
Baonolestes at the lower camp and also an old female octreceous 
¥ 6 ~ g 
rat Thomosonys which contained a single large CDI BA» nbuilt Q “2. 
° ee “ © $9 On 5d ; } ? ie 
trail around the rocky impassible vert and sent Tomas down 40 “*““o_ 
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for the Z. mules. I rode up the trail about 2 miles above 
camp but saw no bear sign. Below the camp there is no bear 
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sign erg poaaikie Tibor aa i have seen mo tracks or baer sn any- 
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where, The aad aove camp as you rise is\ tes ae over-= 
B uke AL ne Cp ead ones 
grown by pueriey Aart fhe , forest is choked with it and,thiecket. \*< 
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Tree ferns wae @ieeo soon at rare intervals, some being 15 feet 
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high but they es always solitary. I saw the pair of Frogans 
sex’ sgt aati Man 
to-day, but did not secure oPy rie Manbante is purely tropical 
ait@o it here reaches snow line, the birds sm@ mammals and plants 
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are all prom _the hot, 20 
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ne a—eissel ¥ restated tothe and avery 
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different from the open grass Land forms of the Lah Andes pro- 
per. There is not a Single bird or mammal common to the two 
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ZONnGS. The aan, here * mat ter of slo pe and moisture and no 2 ahi 
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algitude ates The montamya is. east of the Andeays. 
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