52 bold, Russell R. Rogers, L. Yancey (navigator), Gerald Brown (1st mechanic), Steve Barinka (2nd mechanic), and Raymond Booth (radio operator) on board. Richardson and self started blasting niggerheads in a passage in the reef to clear an entrance for the plane. Archbold and Richardson carried on the work but due to dud detonators did not succeed in firing any more shots. Work of laying ramp logs progressing well. Put in a few more sets of planks. The planks arrive slowly--18 yesterday and 2 today. Damn Ebeli. June 11th. Borrowed the Bantam's launch and went to Tabati and Pim to see what planking if any was there awaiting transport to Hollandia. Found no timber at either place so walked in on the Sentani road as far as Brinkmann's plantation. Saw Sentani men carrying two planks along the road. Brinkmann knows nothing. From Hollandia to Pim is about 3/4 hour by the Bantam's launch. Brinkmann's plantation can be reached in 20-30 minutes walk from Pim. Kapok is the chief crop with cacao and Tebisian coffee planted between the rows. Kapok trees about 80 feet high, now almost leafless and with young fruit. B's sister, who speaks no English, lives with him. Large well-built house with atap roof, board floors and walls partly gaba-gaba and partly wood. B. far from prosperous though evidently an active, enterprising man. June 12th. grey Far from satisfied with the lumber position, I borrowed Hoogland's pony and with an orderly and a Papuan walking in attendance, rode up to Lake Sentani. Left at 7 AM and arrived at Kaiabu canoe landing, at the east end of the lake, about 11 o'clock. From there I took the post canoe to Schneider's house at Joka, a matter of 15 minutes easy paddling. Found 46 of our planks at Kaiabu. Ebeli has certainly fallen down on his timber contract. Kaiabu is 19.550 km. from Hollandia by road, according to the km. posts erected along the way. These posts are carved in the form of human figures 8 feet high.