Ogilvie-Grant, William Russell, "The Expedition of the British Ornithologists' Union to the Snow Mountains of New Guinea: Part VI, The Discovery of a Pigmy Race," Country Life, Vol. 27, No. 700 (4 June 1910)

There can be no doubt that besides the mammalia already known to inhabit New Guinea, many remain to be discovered. Some very large animal is reported to occur in the mountains. Its presence was first indicated by Mr. C. A. W. Monckton, who, during his ascent of Mount Albert Edward in the west of British New Guinea, discovered the huge footprints and very large droppings of some cloven-footed monster which had evidently been browsing on the grassy plains surrounding the lakes on the summit, at an elevation of about twelve thousand five hundred feet.

Unfortunately, he was unable to gain any information respecting this animal from the natives, who hunt all over the mountain, as they proved extremely hostile to his expedition.

Among the Europeans at Port Moresby this creature is now commonly known as Monckton's "Gazeka," but up to the present time no one has attempted to return to Mount Albert Edward and procure a specimen. Mr. Monckton stated that Sir William Macgregor had seen a "long-snouted animal" on Mount Scratchley, which lies just to the east of Mount Albert Edward; but though we have searched through the Queensland Annual Reports, we have been unable to find mention of any such animal. During Dr. Lorentz's second attempt to reach the Snow Mountains, by way of the North River in Dutch New Guinea, one of his men reported having come across an enormous animal at an elevation of about seven thousand feet. He described it as being black and white striped, with a nose like a tapir and a face like the devil! Whether this fabulous beast is the same as that reported by Mr. Monckton from the British territory remains to be proved; it may possible be that its range is chiefly confined to the great chain in Central New Guinea, and that its eastern limit is reached at Mount Albert Edward, for no trace of its presence has been found by other explorers who have visited the more easterly parts of the Owen Stanley Range in British New Guinea. It is believed that neither tapirs nor rhinoceroses exist to the east of Wallace's line, and possibly this monster, when discovered, may prove to be some gigantic marsupial tapir! Should this really be the case, the discovery of such an animal would in itself sufficiently reward the British expedition for their hardships.