The Obscure Naturalist - Part 1(a)

           Cracked, completed and mapped by Shebo

The following solution is split into two parts, for the two parts
of the game.
@~I have further subdivided each part into 2 for reasons of
@~length.  See Shebo's maps in the Hints section too ...Sue
It takes you along the scenic route so you can hear all the sound
effects and see all the graphics. There may be a more efficient
way of doing everything, but this solution will get you there
(eventually).

Everything that you need to type in is in capitals and any
comments are in lower case letters.

For something different and surreal type in "QWERTY" during the
game, swear or, at the mausoleum, try touching the silence (TOUCH
SILENCE).

OK, here we go. You start the game kneeling down at Mill Dam.

-STAND UP
-GET RUCKSACK
-SOUTH EAST
-SOUTH
-GET LEAVES
-NORTH
-NORTH WEST
-NORTH
-WEST
-USE BINOCULARS (you spot the heron's nest)
-GET BOOK
-EAST
-DROP BINOCULARS (they break, but you can fix them easily)
-WEST
-WRITE NOTES (about location of heron's nest)
-PUT BOOK IN POCKET
-EAST
-GET ALL
-WEST
-REFLECT SUN WITH BINOCULARS (this distracts a magpie for later
     on)
-NORTH
-NORTH WEST
-SOUTH WEST
-SOUTH WEST
-SOUTH WEST
-EXAMINE ARCH (to see a small hammer and chisel)
-GET ALL
-SOUTH
-EXAMINE SHAPE (a stone soldier attacks you)
-HIT SOLDIER WITH CHISEL
-EXAMINE SHAPE
-OPEN RUCKSACK
-PUT SMALL HAMMER IN RUCKSACK
-PUT CHISEL IN RUCKSACK
-GET SLEDGE HAMMER
-HIT SOLDIER WITH SLEDGEHAMMER
-NORTH
-NORTH EAST
-NORTH EAST
-SOUTH EAST
-GET CHISEL
-CUT VINES WITH CHISEL
-NORTH WEST
-HIT DOOR WITH HAMMER (it becomes slightly dented)
-HIT DOOR WITH HAMMER (the door is damaged more)
-HIT DOOR WITH HAMMER (the door opens)
-NORTH
-CUT STRING WITH CHISEL
-GET PAPER
-SOUTH
-SOUTH
-SOUTH
-EAST
-EXAMINE CATFISH
-CATCH FISH (the catfish goes away, but leaves a message in the
     stream to be read later)
-EAST
-EAST
-EXAMINE BOX
-EXAMINE MACHINE
-READ STICKER
-GET STICKER
-PUT CHISEL IN RUCKSACK
-GET COIN
-PUT COIN IN SLOT (the coin reappears at Morley Dam later on)
-GET PACKET
-WEST
-WEST
-WEST
-SOUTH
-SOUTH
-SOUTH
-EXAMINE PLASTIC
-SOUTH WEST
-EXAMINE EQUIPMENT
-PUT LENS IN BINOCULARS
-PUT BINOCULARS IN RUCKSACK
-PUT LEAVES IN RUCKSACK
-GET BUCKET
-EXAMINE BUCKET
-GET BAG
-DROP BUCKET
-OPEN PACKET
-EXAMINE TEA (you see a cigarette card to give to the boy)
-DROP PACKET
-NORTH EAST
-NORTH EAST
-NORTH
-NORTH
-NORTH
-NORTH
-NORTH EAST
-SOUTH EAST
-SOUTH
-SAY HELLO
-GIVE CARD TO BOY
-SAY FETCH BOTTLE (the dog gets a bottle)
-GET BOTTLE
-EXAMINE BOTTLE (it is a bottle of Frogsbrawn)
-EAST
-SOUTH
-SOUTH EAST
-EXAMINE BRIDGE
-GET NET
-SOUTH
-WEST
-WEAR NET (protects you from the flies)
-WEST
-REMOVE SHOES (so they don't get stuck in the mud)
-WEST
-OPEN BOTTLE
-DRINK LIQUID (your legs become stronger)
-JUMP WEST
-WEST
-CLIMB TREE
-UP
-PUT NEWSPAPER IN RUCKSACK
-GET FUSE
-DOWN
-EAST
-DRINK LIQUID
-JUMP EAST
-EAST
-EAST
-DROP NET
-WEAR SHOES
-NORTH
-NORTH WEST
-NORTH
-WEST
-NORTH
-NORTH
-NORTH WEST
-NORTH WEST
-SOUTH WEST
-SOUTH
-DROP HAMMER
-GET COIN
-PUT COIN IN POCKET
-GET BINOCULARS
-DROP BINOCULARS
-GET LEAVES
-DROP LEAVES
-GET NEWSPAPER
-DROP NEWSPAPER
-GET CAMERA
-DROP CAMERA
-GET CHISEL
-DROP CHISEL
-SOUTH
-GET HAMMER
-DROP HAMMER
-NORTH
-FILL RUCKSACK WITH WATER
-EXAMINE BAG (it's a bag of strong paste)
-OPEN BAG
-GET POWDER
-PUT POWDER IN RUCKSACK (making paste)
-SOUTH
-SOUTH
-POUR PASTE ON FUNGUS (releasing the voices who then give you
     some flints)
-GET FLINTS
-NORTH
-NORTH
-GET ALL
-PUT LENS IN BINOCULARS
-PUT FLINTS IN POCKET
-PUT LEAVES IN RUCKSACK
-DROP CHISEL
-DROP BOTTLE
-DROP BAG
-EAST
-EAST
-EAST
-EAST
-CLIMB STILE
-CLIMB EAST STILE
-EXAMINE GLOWING (you see a glowing ball with some writing. The
     writing looks nonsense, but if you read it in reverse with
     different spacing it says "extreme mass at zero feet - to
     manoeuvre more easily raise to six feet but no higher")
-ROLL BALL TO STILE
-PUT BALL ON STEP
-CLIMB FENCE (it breaks)
-CRAWL WEST
-STAND
-JUMP ON STEPS (the ball is catapulted into the air)
-CLIMB WEST STILE
-WEST
-WEST
-WEST
-WEST
-NORTH
-NORTH
-NORTH
-CLIMB STAIRS
-UP
-OPEN DOOR
-S
-LOOK THROUGH BINOCULARS (remember what you see!)
-NORTH (you enter the glowing ball which is now a flying saucer!)
-PUSH RED BUTTON
-STAND
-DOWN
-WEST
-EXAMINE GUN
-GET FLARE GUN
-PUT FLARE GUN IN RUCKSACK
-EAST
-DOWN
-EXAMINE TURNSTILE
-PULL ROD
-GET ROD
-OPEN CABINET
-GET FILM
-OPEN CAMERA
-PUT FILM IN CAMERA
-CLOSE CAMERA
-REMOVE BRICKS WITH ROD
-KNEEL DOWN
-WEST
-EXAMINE FLOOR
-EXAMINE FLOORBOARDS (you see a metallic strip)
-EXAMINE METALLIC
-PULL METALLIC STRIP (to arrive at the wall)
-EXAMINE WALL
-PULL HANDLE (you get a shovel)
-STAND
-NORTH EAST
-NORTH EAST
-MAKE HOLE BIGGER WITH SHOVEL
-UP
-WEST (to over in stile)
-CLIMB STILE
-WEST
-NORTH
-NORTH WEST
-SOUTH WEST
-SOUTH
-SOUTH WEST
-EXAMINE BONES
-GET TAPE PLAYER
-EXAMINE TREE
-OPEN DOOR
-SOUTH
-UP
-GET TUB
-DOWN
-NORTH
-NORTH EAST
-NORTH
-NORTH
-NORTH EAST
-EXAMINE STEP (it is loose)
-MOVE STEP (to find a key)
-DROP ROD
-GET KEY
-REPLACE STEP
-CLIMB STEP
-UNLOCK DOOR
-DOWN
-SOUTH EAST
-SOUTH
-SOUTH
-SOUTH
-EXAMINE DOOR
-READ SIGN
-EAST
-EAST
-WEST (you fall into the old mine workings but now have a
     starling chick on your head)

@~More next issue


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