Tuesday, January 10, 1939. Thunderstorm from E. at midnight--much thunder and lightning, fairly strong wind booming my soldier-rigged tent, but little rain. Another good day: fine slightly overcast dawn: sunny to 12.30, then mist off and on to dusk: no rain: starry night. Collected in newly fallen forest on the outskirts--the work of Toxopeus, to attract butterflies--and on the slopes just below. A big change in vegetation on the slopes only a few meters from the crest of the ridge. The forest of the slopes i? perhaps true mossy-forest, in which Myrtaceae and Phyllocladus are abundant trees. The forest of the slopes is perhaps a mossy rain-forest. The more I see of New Guinea vegetation the less I know of it. Richardson had two Melomys from over 200 traps out last night, and a gray, SLENDER Pseudocheirus which a guard last night killed with the flat of his sword as it scrambled over van Arcken's fly. Rand had today 16 spp., including 5 parrots. Tox. has three specimens of one sp. of butterfly--about all that counts with him--captured by a crew of one European assistant, two Javanese collectors and 6 Dyaks. My gains are 43 plants catalogued--mostly ferns and small plants. I find that with the assistance of my half-caste boy Max, I am able to prepare 30% more plants per day than previously. Learn that the Guba left for Port Moresby this morning--the excuse being repairs to the photographic cooling plant and repairs to the ramp windlass. Ramm goes to Sami on the "Bantam" in the morning. Wednesday, January 11, 1939. Occasional patches of sunshine in a generally misty day: wind has changed to S.E.: evening clear: no rain. Collected down crest of ridge about 15 m. on Idenburg road and developed 8 x 10 pictures (mostly of Balim) at night.