90 pigs and cassowaries. According to the radio report these were brought for tobacco and cigarettes. Poor pay, if the report is true. Radio conversations between camps are sometimes amusing. This after- oon the sergeant in charge of Bernhard Camp during van Arcken's absence asked Schroeder's permission to kill for the feast of the Queen's birthday, some hens Schroeder had sent out to furnish the camp with eggs. Wednesday, August 31, 1938. More natives in camp - some of them previous visitors. Very heavy rain from a thunderstorm in late afternoon and early even- ing: a little small hail: severe lightning. September, Thursday, November 1, 1938. A cold rainy day, although, between showers, the thermometer rose to 19.5 degrees. Band returned from Mt. Wilhelmina camp with two boys. On the way, between the upper and middle camps, he met a party of fifteen middle aged men and one woman who were not friendly in their manner. At a bark shelter near the Wamena he met a smaller party who ignored him altogether. Strange people. The plane, due at the lake today, was prevented from coming in by the weather. Friday, September 2, 1938. Weather continues unsettled and showery. Guba came in with stores for the Dutch party and brought Lieut. van Arcken and Schreuder and Myer-Drees and his half caste Javanese as-