May 1, 1939. Went up to the "New Camp" in the evening to develop photographs. Was nearly eaten by mosquitoes and got thoroughly drenched in a storm as I returned to Bernhard Camp about nine o'clock. May 4, 1939. Finished collecting. From the first of the month, in fact, I have concen trated on 8 x 10 photographs and picked up what few new plants found while marching searching for subject for pictures. There is no shortage of sub- jects, the difficulty lies in finding placed on which to erect the big awk- ward camera. There being no dry ground, I carry rotan in the canoe and build stagings or climb trees and last the camera to them. The Gold Company today had the misfortune to lose their Grumman amphibian while landing on Lake Sentani, having flown today from Tanah Merah to Bern- hard Camp. The machine, it seems, turned over on its nose while landing, smashed the nose off and sank in five meters of water. Pilot and radio operator escaped, the pilot through the nose of the ship, the radio man through the door aft. The wings broke off and the plane a complete loss. May 5, 1939. Guba returned from Port Moresby. Gold Miner faced with the option of having another naval plane or evacuating the Home party from Bernhard Camp on the Guba, before 9th instant, when we will begin to move out to Hollandia. The insurance alone on the l.15 (Damier seaplane) recently chartered by the company for 120 hours flying including journey from and back to Ambon, was 30,000 guilders.