Saturday, January 14, 1939. High broken overcast in early morning after much rain in night: (prolonged mild earth tremor 4.30 AM) mist after 9 AM: torrential rain 3.30 to 6.15 from N. clear in late evening. Teerink and Huls arrived with the transport from Bernhard Camp just before the 3.30 rain. Sunday, January 15, 1939. High broken overcast in early hours: mist from 8.30 AM and from 11 o'clock into evening much rain from N. Collected along the track on the crest of the lateral spur SW of camp and followed it down to the gully not far below the water-place. Gully rich in herbaceous plants and ferns. Have 210 plants to date and not many remain to be collected on the ridge crest within easy reach of camp. The gullies should yield many spp. Toxopeus made an all day excursion down the gully to the S. and got one butterfly of a species already collected for his reward. Radio news--Guba today took Sir Hubert Murray from Port Moresby to Samarai. Monday, January 16, 1939. High broken overcast early: mist after 8 AM; cold light driving from N. from mid-afternoon until night. Teerink, van Arcken, Rand, Richardson and self made an excursion to the 2100 m. camp site cleared by van Arcken. A walk of two hours, the last 100 m. from van Arcken's camp up the point of the bluff, a very steep climb. Country runs up to 2200 m. beyond the camp site and then drops away towards the west. The point of the bluff covered with a stunted, very heavily mossed scrub which carries many plants of higher altitudes. Took my boys