-29- forest replaced by old gardens and second growths at my upper limit. Geoff having a little trouble teaching his boys to shoot. After two days instruction, he reports both can now hit a coconut floating in water. All the boys very keen to learn the use of a gun. Only one seems to have had previous experience. Wednesday 3/25/53. A hot day; wind again from the NW; temperature in the rest- house veranda late in the afternoon 86 F. Considerable additions to the butterfly collection today. My boys captured three crayfish, about 6-8 cm long, in rocky pools of the camp water supply gully. Traps yielded the first rat (a Rattus), Van's boys brought in 15 more small bats cought in hollows in trees, and last night he shot a male brown Phalanger (P. orientalis group). Had as guest last night Tony Skewes who brought with him official interpreter Diwowon and A.C. Cecil Rogegea for discussions on Mt Dayman, known to the natives as Maneau. Diwowon is a native of Bonenau Village on the SE slopes of Maneau. He spoke in Motu which the policeman translated into English. Skewes knows little Motu. The information obtained was checked by Wynn, who speaks Motu very well. A native track passes over the mountain from Biniguni resthouse Village to Bibitan No. 2 village on the lower eastern slopes. This track follows Tanamgnum spur ridge from Biniguni. All-men parties reach the edge of the summit grass- lands at "5 o'clock." Mixed groups camp enroute. Top of mountain reached "8 or 10 o'clock" from the 5 o'clock camp. The journey is made at any time of year. The top camp is called Imanam. Two lakes on grasslands on summit, the larger one called Cavaio. Bandicoots are the only game on the grasslands of the top. Wallabies, cuscus, bandicoots and cassowaries in the upper forests. Houses for night camps are made of bark and grass. Path zigzags on the spur to avoid ob- stacles and is "half steep". There is a cave near Maneau Village at the north- ern foot of the mountain, and between there and Biniguni Village there is what would seem to be a sulphur spring, near a waterfall. The information obtained tallies well with the report of Guise & Armit, who made the first ascent of the mountain by Europeans in 1894. However, Guise and Armit reported wallabies plentiful on the summit grasslands. When the route was opened up, their carriers could reach their top camp at four in the after- oon. So far as I can make out, the G&E top camp was at the lower edge of the summit grasslands. Maneao looks practical enough for us, provided we can muster enough carriers. Forest limit could probably be reached in 2 days from Biniguni with laden carriers. After Maneao, talk turned to cargo cult and related developments in Papua, prewar and postwar. A year or two after the war the natives of Goodenough Bay and Cape Vogel (or some of them) banded together to set up their own government and defy existing authority. Headquarters were at Wedau, a village beside the Anglican Mission headquarters at Dagua. The organization was called Wedau De- velopment Company. The leader was an ex-government clerk who had been fired for embezzlement of native tax monies. Between three and four thousand pounds in cash was collected from native "shareholders." The situation was mishandled by