-83- Monday July 6, 1953: Max. 19.5, Min. 14 C. Another rainless day. About an hour of sunshine all told. About double that in mist. Expecting carriers today to move surplus stores down to #3 camp, where a fly is rigged, and take specimens to Biniguni. None arrived. Sent boys (Bobi and Iselele) into the Atairo Ravine. A pretty good lot of plants resulted, including a second climbing species of Begonia, and the fig relative Dammaropsis, a monotypic endemis genus with great leaves 80 x 40 cm. and scaly reddish born fruits 8-9 cm. in diameter. Dammaropsis is rarely collected and I think I have seen it only twice before. Van's 3 boys have traps set in the Atairo Ravine tonight and he went down to examine the locality and set a net in the stream in the hope of catching Crossomys. Reports it a beautiful place, very mossy and crowded with ferns. Wish I could see it. Tomi a little livlier but temperature at 5 P.M. up to 100 deg. Another dodeline given him tonight. Tuesday July 7, 1953: Max. 20, Min. 14.5 C. Maybe 2 hours of sun and little mist but light showers beginning just before noon. Was awakened at 3 by strong wind and driving light rain which ceased at dawn. A clap of thunder to the west ca. 4 P.M.; only one other instance of thunder and that a single clap to the SW, heard on the mountain (at Top Camp). Spent day in camp working on collections and to receive the carriers. At 10:30 two Biniguni men arrived carrying between them half a 5-gal. drum of kerosene. Gave them a surplus drum of flour and one of wheat meal to drop at #3 Camp on their way home. The carriers left Biniguni this A.M. and made fast time. Ken wrote that he was going down to Kwagira today with 4 carriers to bring meat and rice left at that village. Kwagira people celebrating the taro crop with a dance and will not carry. We don't need the stores for weeks anyhow. Van's traps in the Atairo Ravine yielded only 3 gray-bellied Rattus which abounds at camp level. But last night his boy David shot Anisomys, making 17 species for this camp to date. Was somewhat worried about my patient this morning. Temp. 101.5, foot greatly swollen. Dressed wound which looks well as far as I can tell on black skin, and is draining nicely. Temp. at 5 P.M. 100.5 F. In my best bedside manner as I shook down the thermometer in the boy's fly, I inquired whether Tomi was eating his betel-nut. This is the native equivalent of grog and I issue two nuts per boy per day. The reply was no. Then one of the other boys informed me that Tomi "kai-kai Kopina", which meant he had eaten the husk of the nut. So he must be on the mend. Wednesday July 8, 1953: Geoff's birthday. Max 19.5, Min. 14.5 C. Squally from about 5 to 8 A.M. Broken cloud and some mist in forest until 2 P.M. when light rain fell. Dull dark afternoon and night sky overcast. Collected up the trail to the lower edge of the beech forests at 1800 m. The beeches, 3-4 ft. in diameter, too big to cut. Found one with convenient vines by which Jimmie climbed to the top, a good 100 ft. above ground, and lopped off fruiting branches. Have not closely examined the material yet but it may be