1/3 October 14th. Day, or rather morning, fine and sunnier than of late. Heavy rain 12-1 PM and a good deal of rain during afternoon. Raining at 8 PM; temp. 10 degrees C. Natives continue to bring in food and today one brought in a bundle of rotan: rotan good hard quality. Gathered at least 60 spp. of plants in the creek bottom and on the lower slopes to 60 m. below camp. Gunnera the most striking species: also 2 spp. of [illegible] Have only 32 catalogued: the rest to be done tomorrow. Rain-forest element very striking in valley bottom. A convoy from Habbema and back again. October 15th. Rigged max. and min. thermometers under a shed of treefern fronds yesterday; this morning's registration 15 degrees and 8 degrees C. A series of relative humidity readings taken in camp clearing and comparative readings in tall forest nearby. A fine sunny, rather hot day till 4 PM. After- wards heavy showers and after 5.30 mist. Huls arrived from Habbema with a big convoy of Dyaks and prisoners. My day was spent mainly in preparing the remainder of yesterday's 65 plant numbers. A film of early camp activities developed in afternoon. October 16th. Fine clear sunny day after a very rainy night: temperature rose to 18.5 C. in the shade: no rain: starry sky at 8 PM after clouds from 4-7 PM: no mist this PM. Contact with natives continues good: plenty of sweet potatoes and coming in, some taro and bananas and odd bundles of rotan. Camp, what with timbered walks, night lights and so on is assuming an air of permanency. Wing to the limited space available, it is necessarily compact. Collected up the Habbema tract to an altitude of 120 m. above camp--perhaps 20