28 a mixture of dark Papuans and brown Melanesia: the former with short crimpy hair the latter often with large mops and rather effiminate faces. White population of Serui is the controleur, doctor and his wife, the N.N.G.P.M. air-pilot, and since the arrival of the Van Imhoff, Nurse Z.T.Pieters, fresh from Holland. April 23rd. Called at Sami and another port during the night and reached Wakdi at daylight. this morning. Wakde anchorage is a small bay in the passage between two little islands lying about 2 miles off the coast of the mainland. The larger island, perhaps 100 acres in area, is planted with coconuts and owned by a German: one of the numerous Germans who fled to this territory from NE New Guinea in 1914. On the smaller island is a native village and Chinese trading post. The natives have a remarkably well-fed appearance, apparently do a great deal of fishing and have nicely carved canoes and paddles. Besides being carved with intricate designs incorporating sharp points and scrolls along the sides, their dugouts have separate figureheads and sternpieces carved in the form of human heads and birds. The latter pieces present a remarkable resemblance to the carvings of the ancient Mayas of Central America. Nearly every canoe carried across its outrigger beams a large iron-tipped harpoon with carved and sometimes red and white ochred long thick shaft, in addition to very large 4-pronged wooden fish spears, bows and fish arrows and long fishing rods of bamboo. Passed the red cliffs of Tanah Merah Bay shortly before dark and anchored in Hollandia Bay at 7.30. The Cycloops Mountains end in the point of red soil which gives Taneh Merah Bay its name. At the present time this point is without trees and covered, sparsely it would seem, with grass or fern and shrubs. On the hills about the bay and extending a mile or two east on the slopes of the Cycloops are extensive areas of rain forest second growths, some grass and several large fenced gardens now under crops. Tanah Merah Point has probably been deforested