-118- soil. Few ferns (3 spp.) the only ground plants other than a shortly creeping aroid in rocky places. A small spring at 500-600 ft. altitude in the SW gully provided the water which was carried by 2-inch pipe to the government post. Have been told that the piping was removed and taken to Mapamoiwa, but whoever supervised the job did not climb far and much of the pipe is still there. On the lower east edge of the south gully is a newly planted native garden on recently cleared rain forest land. Slope fairly steep. Soil blackish and somewhat rubbly. Logs laid across the slope to control soil drift. Yams planted several (3-5) feet apart on mounds 18-24 inches high, about 4-10 in. of the yams protruding above the soil, some of the larger ones propped up by forked sticks, some wrapped in banana leaf sheaths. Bananas and taro planted in odd corners. Garden photographed. Monday, September 28, 1953: Usual strong SE gusts until about noon in camp, then a steadier wind from about SW. Evidently a change in weather. For the first time the peaks were clear this evening. At noon there was a gust of wind so strong that as I raised water in cupped hands to wash my face it was blown clear away. Spent the morning in a big strip of rain forest in the valley of the first creek west along the old road. All old secondary forest, I believe. Tallest trees about 80-100 ft.; plentiful woody undergrowth of few species easy to get through. No herbaceous plants in forest away from trails. Ground thinly covered with dry leaves. Principal canopy trees include Mangifer, Ficus sp., Pterocarpus, and Plectronia. A regional peculiarity of plants here is that most have broad smooth leaves. Boys pretty well recovered from their Samarai colds. They are again singing in their camp.