lightly into the thiky forested hills to the north of them. As we returned they were laboring up the hill slope. July 21 Kokama Lake, Netherlands New Guinea. This morning at 5:30 had a contact with A but was unable to contact. Tried for 1 hr study and again for 15 min from 7 on. At 7:30 had successful contact as well as at 10:00 AM and 5:30 PM. It has been raining a light steady rain since 3:00 AM. This incessant rain has prevented the soldiers from working as well as ourselves. The soldiers have been huddling about the fire in front of their shelters all day. This morning we set to set in an tent hoping the rain would clear. By 1:30 we became disgusted with the weather as Cap. and I went out rain or no rain. We took the boat across the lake to the west, and followed along the trail from which we had seen the P-pgrams coming from on the following day. It gave in a general South westerly direction for the 2+ miles that we followed it. We got intertwined in signs of human habitation as this is what we found. Two hunting shelters, or I which was built of logs. It was a lean two affair with ridge pole (5-6 ft off ground) supported by 2 tim and a forked pole. Against this ridge pole they were placed 11-15 yards. There had been little attempt to climb the log pile. A fire had been built in the middle of the small area and a few bits of grass laid on the shelter side which had probably served as a sleeping mat. The other place and more recently built or was made with a peaked roof. The ridge & eaves 6" off ground) was supported by 2 forked stakes. The corners were clinched held up with forked stakes. The supported roof was made of stakes, bams, grass, moss, etc. It was hardly what one might call