-135- species acquired: Pogonomys (2), Melomys, Bhalanger, lowland wallaby, Dobsonia, Hipposideros, Makemyx Rhinolophus. Only 1 mammal caught in ea. 900 traps nights. Total for camp: _______ specimens. Snakes of 203 (?) species, some small lizards and many frogs collected. Fair lot of insects, including several Odonata. Water temperature in stream 70 deg. F. Saturday, October 31, 1953: Had more than 38 carriers called for the move down to Wakonai. ___ from Wakonai, Afufuia, and 7 from Garuwata. Had to wait for their arrival which allowed a thorough drying of tents and flys, and got away at 8:20. I stayed behind the transport to collect and arrived at Wakonai 12:00. 22 Beli Beli carriers sent by Ken to make a first evacuation transport to Bolu Bolu had been started back by Van before my arrival. From an isolated grass area on a spur 10 minutes from camp (890 m.) we made a very steep descent through old secondary rain forest to the Utamodi at 490 m. Trail very rocky. The ravine little better than a gorge. Trail crossed many sloping smooth rocks, giving safe footing for bare feet, but a precarious grip for nailed boots. Sidled along the far slope of the Utamodi ravine through newer second growths and past an old village site (betel-nuts and coconuts) and came to 3 tin huts in the narrow crest of a grass spur at 450 m. Close below this in a grove of old coconuts, was the garden hamlet of Councillor "Jack". An aluminum bucket seat from a plane set up in the shade by the tin huts. From Jack's place a good track down the grass spur to Wakonai (160 m. by today's reading). Collected on the way 22 numbers of plants, bringing my total just over 3500. During afternoon learned some of the Wakonai history. Origin- ally these people lived in the mountains (old Wakonai was at 500 m. They were moved down to the foothills by government order, executed "Mr. Beeby". In the old days the people from Wakonai north to Wataluma on the side of the island were allied with the Moratau people of the west slopes against the south end of the island. Constant warfare cannibalism and killing by sorcery. Their stone adzes came from Tasiiasi on Cape Vogel, in trade for pigs and garden food to Moratau, thence over the top of the island to Wakonai. Our top camp at 1600 m. was on this old mountain trail. (Van has bought one stone implement (an adze) said to have been made in Wakonai). Nowadays there is peace on the island. There is intermarriage between the old warring factions. When the Wakonai people are short of garden produce toward the end of the dry season, as is not in- frequently the case in this low rainfall area, they trade wallabies and big crabs to the Mud Bay People for root foods.