-49- Sunday 4/26/53: Fine day with enough of a southeaster to raise a low white surf on the fringing reef. Wind freshened late in afternoon and at 9 o'clock is still blowing strongly. The boys given a holiday except for essential duties such as cooking, and running trap lines. Van always has mammals, trapped or shot at night, to skin out and make up. My day spent on fresh specimens on hand, packing dried materials for shipment to Samarai for storage, and packing and listing collecting supplies for inland. Monday 4/27/53: The recent pattern of weather continued today. Morning with little breeze, and unusually hot, I thought, in the forests. Strong southeaster from about mid-afternoon on into night. Set the minimum and maximum thermometers last night: low this morning 27 C., high today 29 C. Made photos of sago palms on Bakiwa Creek, back of Spiller's plantation, and collected in the rain forests beyond. Very little to show. Have gone about as far as I can with botanizing in this locality at this season. Most of today's plants were weeds from native gardens, etc. Most prevalent of these is Chrysopogon acicularis, the barbed "seeds" of which, adhering to clothing, and hairy legs of the natives, make it a damnable pest here as in North Queensland. Tuesday 4/28/53: Moderate southeaster all day and into night. Considerable cloudiness, though mountains clear across bay except for cloud-mantled summits. Sent 2 boys out to collect living Platycerium plants, and with Hoogland and 1 boy went west along the coast to make photographs and do general collecting. The sky soon too overcast for pictures. Collected in all 10 numbers of plants, mostly things seen before, but including the third orchid species for the camp - No. 22091 with insignificant small cream flowers. Radiogram from Buntings reading, "Expect to despatch vessel end of this week will advise further." One from DC Healy saying the "Ruru will be repaired and will return Menapi this weekend. Mason prepared move you and party when desired." This is good news, although there is still some uncertainty re the date the Ruru can take us from here to Baiawa for the move inland. Wednesday 4/29/53: Someone has said that the only certain event in New Guinea is the unpredictable. Had started into the field this morning when a boy came running with a message. Ken, listening to the radio at the plantation, had heard in shipping news that the "Jessie," a Bunting boat, was due to leave Samarai on Thursday to "Transport the Archbold party." That seemed to mean that we could expect to get away from here on Saturday. Two of our leading Gosiagos, Jimmie and Niko, despatched immediately to warn the Collingwood Bay villages of our coming. Carrying a letter to the village councillors, typed in Motu by Ken, they