(Friday 4/10/53 continued) reached in two hours and twenty minutes. A bark hut 12 x 14 feet built at No. 2 camp. An 18 x 18 nylon fly left in a swagbag hanging in the hut. Returned from No. 2 camp to Biniguni in one day of 6 hrs. Altitudes are by aneroid. Height of Dayman is given as 9305 ft. on old maps; 9800 ft. on maps published World War 2. Ken's number 2 camp would appear an excellent spot from which to work the upper forests and the summit grasslands. His No. 1 camp in mossy forest, and perhaps suitable for a collecting camp for that zone. Another collecting camp probably should be made at or about a native bush hut at 570 m. on the trail. Below that to the creek near Biniguni are old garden areas. (Native population was moved down to the foot of the mountain by Government some years ago). The report on the mountain is very encouraging. The ascent is fairly steep most of the way, and considerably overgrown by underbrush. The latter condition can be improved. Carriers will be able to reach No. 2 Camp in two days, Ken believes enough carriers will be available from the Binigumi villages. Taro and other native food plentiful there. Saturday 4/11/53: Only a slight SE wind today; weather partly overcast. Thunder to north mid-afternoon. Most of day spent on [illegible] plant collections from the Dabora area. My materials on that trip were preserved in formalin, and have to be dried. Plant specimens brought from the summit of Dayman by Ken (between the pages of a Sat. Evening Post) indicate a flora definitely alpine. They include; Styphelia, Conrosma, a shrubby Hypericum, Tetramolopium, Potentilla, Euphrasia, and a Gahnia, which I found on Mt. Albert Edward in 1933 and on the snow mountains in 1938. For all I know to the contrary, and I have searched the records, Ken was the first white man to climb Mt. Dayman. Guise and Armit did not reach the top in 1894. Ken had a story from the natives that Atkinson, who is supposed to have made the ascent in the 20s., had trouble with his police and carriers, and did not get very high. Ken brought back a report that the talk at Baiawa and Medino villages is that a ship load of Americans has landed at Baniara and a warship, carrying another contingent is expected soon. Another indication that we are being connected with Cargo Cult. This will be reported to P/O O'Sullivan at Baniara. This thing should be watched.