78 One, carrying the mails and fruit, opened beautifully but landed on a grass valley on the south side of the range a good one half mile from the camp. The other chute, carrying bamboos for the radio rig, failed to open and the poles shattered rather badly. Mr. and Mrs. Hoogland were passengers on the plane: which landed at both Lake Habbema and the Idenburg. Wednesday, September 14, 1938. A peculiar day - very high overcast, little sun, peaks clear to mid- afternoon: a little rain in evening from a thunderstorm down to the NE. Heavy frost: minimum temperature -1.5 degrees C. Feeling rather unwell - stomach - so collected a few things in the vicinity of camp. Thursday, September 15, 1938. Myer-Drees returned from Middle Camp with a collection of something over 100 numbers of plants, many of them mosses and much of the material scrappy, but rather better than I expected. We more than three or four flowering plants and ferns new to the collection. Still unwell and not able to do much in the field. Fine day, with heavy rain from a thunderstorm in the evening. Friday, September 16, 1938. Spent the day catalogueing an accumulation of plants on hand and making other preparations for a move to the top camp. Archbold and Teerink with two carriers and a soldier left the top camp on the fourteenth to explore a route to the summit of the peak. We expected word today for the main climbing party to move up to the top camp in preparation for the climb.