41 Work arranged practically as yesterday. I finished replacing heavy timbers in the mission house ans $trengthening the roof and began relaying the floor this afternoon. Ramm building an atap shed for the power supply plant. A-thunderstorm early last evening resulted in the biggest fall of rain since our arrival, ie 1/2 inch. This morning very humid and more thunder without local rain this evening. May 14th. The timber gangs getting further material such as rotang and sago leaf stalks for the raft and also timbers for the coolie house. The main work of timber-getting being over, I paid off 22 of the worst Hollandia coolies this evening. Intended to cull the Sentanis as well but as about half of them went home for the week-end immediately after work was finished, this was allowed to stand over until Monday. May 15th. Taking a small canoe for the first part of the journey, one Makassar coolie and 3 Sentani coolies as guides, Richardson spent the day on an excursion to Lake Sentani. The event of the day in camp was a rijs-tafel of 10 dishes, the first attempt by our cook and a very creditable one too. My day was spent writing letters. Bought from local natives four stone adze heads varying in price from 25 cents to #1 .60 according to size, a carved timepot made of a coconut shell and an ornamental flat food bowl carved from some soft wood and carved on the outside. May 16th. A number of new jobs were started today--20 Hollandias commenced building the large canoe float. 8 Sentanis Sentanis started putting an atap roof over the mission house and, most important, a beginning was made with the actual building of the aeroplane ramp. Most of the stringer logs for the ramp have already been