170 No rain. February 20th. Some fog or mist up to 9 AM.; thereafter fine; no rain. Rand left for Bernhard Camp for conference with Archbold tomorrow. Teerink, on Rand's invitation, went down also, from the camp at Araucaria Creek. Two soldiers and a Dyak in from the Sigi. Toxopeus reports good collecting--38 spp. of butterflies to date--and no further contact with the natives. February 21st. Early morning overcast; a few hours of bright sun followed; heavy showers com- menced at 11 AM and continued at considerable intervals into the night. Archbold flew in to the Idenburg, arriving about 9 o'clock and departing at 10. Heard the take-off very clearly. Telegrams this evening from both Archbold and Rand inform us that collecting at Lake Roembekai is off for the present expedition. Archbold is booking passages for Rand and Richardson by the May boat and offers me my choice of returning home by way of Java or flying with him to Australia. Great disturbance in camp late last night. Much gunfire and rushing back and forth and 2 big grey Phalangiers added to the collection. February 22nd. Dull day, no sun at all, some mist to 10 AM (none in gullies where I was collecting no rain. Rand, who was expected to return from the Idenburg today, is staying overnight at Araucaria Creek. In a note sent from there, he says his stomach is troubling him again. He also says that the water at Bernhard Camp has gone down enough for Toxopeus' garden to be seen in outline below the surface, that mosquitoes there are bad both day and night and that seven canoe-loads of people passed the camp returning to the village from the west.