84 vegetation. A solitary Libocedrus stands near my position of observation. Cyathea # 1-4 m. high, is very abundant and striking on the slopes with its golden-brown young fronds. Tree fern savannahs, with shrubs and yellowish dry grass cover a goodly area. Track where I sit cuts through brown peaty soil more than knee deep to green grey sandy clay [?] bottom containing angular and rounded fragments of white limestone 4-5" dia. Frequent dark shallow pools, with sharp cut edges of peat, occur in flat [illegible] ridges. Tops on sides valley. Track continues with up valley SE by S. Plagiogyria of Habbema very abundant in the patches. One Myrmedonia on an umbrella tree. Camped at 3440 m. alongside a treefern fringed with creek Mt. Wilhelmina Peak due SW from camp. (The following from field note book-continued-August 16) 8.00 Left camp and followed native track about S. up valley towards prominent Scarp. 8.30 Climbed over a low treefern spur completely blocking valley through which the creek we have followed issues by [illegible] a fine. 8.45 Topped another treefern ridge and rested (3480 m.) to view a beautiful circular pocket spreading 10 m. below us to white cliffs on the far side. Pocket about one third of a mile across. In bottom sowa-like swamps. Forest all round on the steep sides. Tree ferns round lower slopes below forest. 9.30 Skirting pocket on W. side past a moss- waterfall 60', back through forest back to Papuan camp under a conspicuous white cliff. Sharp peak (under ) N.