in all fields would not warrant our staying longer. Monday, December 19, 1938. Guba made three flights from Balim to the Idenburg, after delivering another (second) load of food from Hollandia to Idenburg. Toxopeus and nine other men went on the first flight. On the second and third trips the load was twenty men and 300 kg. of equipment, etc.: a total of about 1600 kg. On the last flight, while maneuvering to tie up to the anchor buoy, the plane touched the bank of the river and bent a stay of the star- board retractible wing float. Natives, realizing that we will all most likely leave their country tomor- row, are bringing numbers of pigs and all sorts of odds and ends to sell for shells. Some kind of ceremony was held within the camp enclosure early in the evening. A pig and sweet potatoes eaten by a group of some dozen or so men, and water sprinkled through the camp by the headman. Tuesday, December 20, 1938. Remainder of party removed to the Balim in three flights during the morning. Rand and Huls went out on first flight, myself on the second, Teerink and Richardson on the last. Leaving everything except a few personal belongings at the Idenburg, Rand, Toxopeus, Huls, Van Arcken, Richardson and self then left for Hollandia, arriving in time for a late lunch. The removal of the party from the Balim was a fine piece of work performed under difficult take-off conditions. Wednesday, December 21, 1938, - January 2, 1939. At Hollandia, Practically the whole time spent in getting collections ready