. The land of the New Guinea pygmies; an account of the story of a pioneer journey of exploration into the heart of New Guinea. Women using the Stone Axe to split firewood. The Camp at 5400 feet The tents pitched on a six-foot layer of decaying timber. REDUCED RATIONS stone. Here, at the camp, many feet of timber andrank vegetation lay between us and the ground. The cutting party sent forward to prepare a road forthe morrow reported, on their return at dusk, that thegoing on the summit and along the crest of the hillsbecame worse and worse the farther they progressed. No rain fell during the n
. The land of the New Guinea pygmies; an account of the story of a pioneer journey of exploration into the heart of New Guinea. Women using the Stone Axe to split firewood. The Camp at 5400 feet The tents pitched on a six-foot layer of decaying timber. REDUCED RATIONS stone. Here, at the camp, many feet of timber andrank vegetation lay between us and the ground. The cutting party sent forward to prepare a road forthe morrow reported, on their return at dusk, that thegoing on the summit and along the crest of the hillsbecame worse and worse the farther they progressed. No rain fell during the night, and the single tin ofwater which had been carried throughout the daysmarch had to be supplemented by moisture wrungfrom the moss. Allowing sufficient food for the returnjourney, but one days rations now remained, and eventhis was less than the usual quantity served out. The next morning, leaving the camp standing, so asto shelter the miserable coolies, we set out at daybreak,and taking with us the four best cutters, moved alongthe path previously prepared. Progress was terriblyslow, and when the summit was reached we found thatit would be necessary to advance
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