63 Saw Beach, Madgment, Luff and Gordon, also Austen, Claude Champion and Joe Hartley. July 7th. Hoogland received a radio last night from Batavia advising that the patrol boat "Bantam" bound from Mankkwari to Hollandia with Assistant Resident Jacobs and family on board ran aground on one of the Islands three days ago. Expedition asked to fly to the assistance of the stranded ship with 200 kg. rice and one of our portable radio sets. The Guba, with Rogers, Yancey, Brown and Booth as crew, therefore took off at daylight and returned about mid-morning with Mr. and Mrs. Jacobs, their two sons and 2 sick natives. July 8th. Guba with Rogers, Yancey, Brown and Booth as crew and Ramm as extra radio man, and a cargo of 10 men and stores to the weight of 2750 kg. left on sixth flight to the Idenburg at 2 PM. Two new A.W.A. radio sets were taken to be tested and handed over to the field operators at the Idenburg. Three Naval Dornier flying boats arrived from Ambon during the afternoon. Collected in second growths and tall primary forest on the ridge immediately north of camp. (For notes on origin of grass and fern savannahs see field notebook, also journal for June 14th and 29th.) July 10th. Labelling specimens. It seems likely that Meyr-Drees will remain at Hollandia when we go to Habbema, spend a month at the Idenburg, then follow us to the lake about the end of August. There is little of interest to a forester at the higher altitudes. July 11th. Rand, Richardson and myself began packing equipment, supplies and stores for use