-99- We learn by bush telegraph that Patrol Officer O'Sullivan will arrive in Bini-guni tomorrow. We have a transport to the coast planned for early morning, but it appears that in the general excitement over the visit of "Government" few carriers will be offering. And next Saturday Father Rogers, white missionary who was expected a couple of months ago, is again expected to arrive. Had planned to move to Peria Creek on the real lowlands tomorrow week. This is now advanced to next Friday. Ken returned from his rat hunt haggard and with bloodshot eyes, and no rats. The usual story about "Bloody natives" not doing what they were supposed to do. At any rate the locals of the party swatted a very desirable small bat, and Ken or his boy shot our second specimen of Dactylopsilla. Monday, August 10, 1953: Max. 35, Min. 17.5 C. Hot clear xfter A.M.; afternoon mostly cloudy; heavy shower 5:30. Collected down river a mile or more to old Binigui Village. A beautiful spot. Biniguni Creek drops from the escarpment in a 3 or 4-step waterfall perhaps 200 ft. high. Below the falls is a big blue pool, 100 yards across with a wide fan of smooth gravel and sand beach on the downstream side. Old village on a small alluvial plain on the west bank at the lower end of the pool and 12-15 ft. above the creek bottom. Coconut, betel-nut and bread fruit trees. Only 3 houses now. The 1-mile map is wrong in that it has Biniguni Creek flowing into the Mai-U instead of the Gwariu ((= Gwadi). Government has not arrived and the bush telegraph service is silent on the whereabouts of the patrol. Our transport to the coast delayed until tomorrow at least. Villagers upset because they had food cooked for the mid-day meal of the police and carriers and now they must go out to the gardens for more food. Tuesday, August 11, 1953: Max. 34, Min. 18 C. Relative humidity 6:30 A.M. 91%. Hot day more or less overcast with high broken cumulus clouds. Expect a downpour to follow this unusual heat. For a hot climb of 500-600 ft. up the slopes of the escarpment across the river I have very little but a compass bearing by which the position of new Binigui Village can be spotted on the map. Followed a crude trail to a garden house about 200 ft. above the river through tallo, taro and sweet potatoes planted in poor-looking rubbly soil. Taro newly planted (a month ago); the sets about 3 ft. apart and in a hollow about 4-5 inches deep, perhaps to give the tender growing tip of the plant protection from the heat of the surface rubble. No news of the government. Many visitors in camp - Maicin people from Ailala Village on the coast, who arrived in Biniguni this A.M. to attend a "dance". Pigs are being exchanged. The dancing is to be tonight and tomorrow night. Most of the Biniguni men spent about 2 weeks on the upper Mai-U River hunting for meat for the occasion. They returned yesterday, reporting poor luck. The Maicin are a taller and heavier people than those hereabouts. More sophis-ticated. Have a bad reputation as thieves, etc. The men cast appraising eyes over