-91- The botanical highlight of the day was a Dipterocarp found in the oak forest. The heavy rain prevented my having it felled - a job left for tomorrow. Saturday, July 25, 1953: Max. 23.5, Min. 18.5C. A few momentary glimpses of the sun but generally a dull day, with light rain for several hours after 1 P.M. The clouds seldom float in to our little ravine, but they rest in the trees of the oak forest 50 m. above us, and tonight the lowlands are blotted out by mist or fog. Collected my dipterocarp, called Ruru by the boys, and probably an Anisoptera. A more important collection, from a plant distributional point of view, was a Castanopsis commonly associated with the oaks in the mid-mountain forest of this level. The two genera look so much alike from the ground that I'm not sure whether the Castanopsis or the one oak collected here is major dominant. The Castanopsis has burry fruits a good 15 mm. in diameter and seems different from the wide rang- ing species of more westerly parts of the country (C. Junghuhnii). Van is out jacking tonight. Geoff is trapping insects. But field work for this camp and the mountain is about finished. un Our happy Gosiagos always have a sing-song in the evening. They are/usually boisterous tonight. They have been told this was the last day of real work on the mountain. I gave them the residue of the betel-nut this evening - a generous issue. After champing the soothing nut for a while, they break with song, sometimes haunt- ing native times, more often hymns which remind me of Methodism. Saturday night on Mt. Dayman. Boys high on betel-nut and singing "Holy, Holy, Holy". Am having a litter made for carrying Tomi down to Biniguni. About one-third of his wound has healed and shows a nice blue scar. The lower two or three inches still needs more time. Maybe I should have cut away injured muscle tissue before stitching. I know I used too much sulfanilimide powder to prevent infection and killed tissues which may have healed quickly. Sunday, July 26, 1953: Max. 24.5, Min. 17.5 C. Sky starry before dawn. Overcast most of day. Rain began 11:30 and ended about 4 P.M. The weather seems much the same on the lowlands. Broken fog banks down there in early morning; scattered showers visible until mist, about noon - 2 P.M., closes out our view. Our last day on Mt. Dayman (provided carriers are on hand to move us in the morning) and a very busy one. All gear except tents, flys and personal swags are packed this evening. Four carriers have arrived by pre-arrangement to take the tents and flys as soon as we can have them ready in the morning. Other carriers have trickled in, I hear. They will sleep in a pandanus leaf shelter a few minutes down the track. The carriers brought a long letter from Ken on repercussions of the Kwagira theft of a case of our meat. Native opinion is that government will take no action and it is up to the Americans to protect their own property. Ken is very mercurial and often goes off at half cock. Still, the situation could be difficult for us in the next few weeks. We have surplus stores in the rest-house at Balawe, and it will be necessary to relay collections there and leave them unguarded before our work in the Biniguni area is completed. There are not enough potential carriers in the area to take us and all our belongings to the coast in one move.