156 Huls has recovered from his fever sufficiently to appear from his tent for an hour or so in the afternoon. Rand unwell - probably slight fever. Thursday, January 19, 1939. One of the most miserably wet and misty days since our arrival: mist almost continuous after 7 AM: a wet afternoon and at night very heavy rain from 8 to 10 o'clock: Wind N. Collected along a trapping track of Richardson's on the Idenburg slope. Slopes very steep, conditions very wet, few new plants. Very little activity in the vegetable world in weather such as this. Plants, as if hard put to exist, let alone reproduce themselves, are pro- ducing few flowers, and the old ones are rotting in the rain. Friday, January 20, 1939. Best weather since 12th: good deal of weak misty sunlight to 11 o'clock when thick mist finally obliterated everything: gusty driving rain from 2 PM on: very heavy downpour 6.30-7.45 PM: night continuing wet. Huls departed for the Idenburg. Toxopeus for the 2100 m. camp. Versteegh sent to Idenburg wood specimens of about 50 spp. Had a good morning's collecting down a gully heading on the southern slope of the ridge about one-quarter hour east of camp. Descended to about 1700 m. and gathered chiefly ferns. Saturday, January 21, 1939. Very high broken overcast early morning and good views all round: good deal sun to 11 AM: steady cold driving rain began 2 PM and continued far into night. A promising dawn preceded one of the worst spells of weather so