-82- Friday July 3, 1952: Max. 20.5, Min. 14.5 degrees C. A promising morning followed by mist, drizzle, showers, then heavy soaking rain from 12:30 to after dark. Jimmie, returning from #3 Camp site, reported no rain down there yesterday or this A.M. Botanized down the water place stream, fairly successfully in spite of the weather. A big Cyathea (#23261) common in very mossy underbrush near the stream - fourth species collected here. Medinilla 23262, abundant as a small tree, extends up the mountain in gullies through the beech forest to our Top Camp. Rubus aff. MacGregori descends to an unusually low level and grows on open banks with Gunnera sp. A beautiful little Rhododendron (23268) with crinkled pink flowers grew as an epiphyte on a mossy tree. Having trouble with wet clothing. Had a tent full of it this P.M. drying over a lamp. Saturday, July 4, 1952. Work goes on; so does the rainy weather. Max. 18.5, Min. 14.5 degrees C. Sunny until about 8:30 then mist and drizzle. Today we had our first serious accident to personnel. Still unable to negotiate very steep slopes, I sent my boys down into the Atairo ravine, about 600 ft. below camp, to collect. A bug boy who was with them returned to camp about 12:30. An hour later another boy reported that my boy Tomi had cut his foot badly and offered to go help him back to camp. Inquiry seemed to indicate something serious, although my boys often come in late when sent off on their own. Geoff volunteered to go down into the gorge to investigate and render first aid and was soon on his way with tourniquet, bandage material, two copra sacks with which to make a stretcher, and several boys. About 3'oclock Tomi was carried in in a state of collapse from shock. He had climbed to the top of the gorge with the aid of Bobi, the other "flower-flower" boy, then caved in. Had blankets, dry clothing and hot bovril ready and laid him on my bed. Wound a deep cut about 2½ in. long on top of right foot, with much muscle tissue bulging out and some partly severed tendons. Injected novocaine, cleaned wound and inserted five stitches. Actual surgery apart from first stich done by Van. Patiend ate supper of bread and milk. Considerable pain later; gave 1½ gr. phenobarbital and 1 tab. codeine at 9 P.M. Tomi had climbed a small tree and was cutting off a fruiting branch with his machete when the accident happened. Wound treated with sulfanilamide powder before and after stitching. Sunday July 5, 1952: Max. 19.5, Min. 14 deg. C. Not more than five minutes of sun and no rain. The first rainless day since June 25. Took Jimmie to replace my injured boy. Sent him and Bobi into the field while I caught up on preparation of materials left over from yesterday. Results poor. In P.M. I collected down the trail to about 1400 m. and got an excellent bag, mainly in old windfall openings in the oak forest. Many rain forest elements occur in such places and in gullies and ravines. Trail wet and in places slippery after the rains. Two to four inches of raw humus cover a stiff yellow clay, and where the humus wears off the ground is miry and slick. Patient still weak and listless, but eating a bit. Temperature below 100. Not much pain until night when I gave him a codeine pill.