gors in cloud as on the way to Roma one quickly clent of about 70 meters to a hilly savouch country with some extensive swamps that are covered with a peculiar high grass (3 meters) and in the gallison get forest. This extends for about 24 miles that is Saylor creek after one climbs a quite high hill (200-300 meters) and has the gallin become more numerous, thforest following, erect and shapely leaves. There is one clear view of the 16 mile post. Parametric Cross, 3:25 756 mm Intermediate air 29.5 C. set at 0 meters We arrived at Yale island about six and were met by Mr Robinson who had borrowed the mission barge to unload our stuff. But as the H.F.S. was staying until the next day so that we could load it directly into the government canoe that was going to take us up the river it was this away. We went ashore and after a little trouble getting the punt anchored in the dark and we went to the patrol officers quarters where we met Patrol Officers Middleton and Shields and another man called Vike. We spent a pleasant evening and managed to consume a little over a bottle of O.P. Rum. March 31, 1935 We went the first thing after breakfast to see Mr C Thompson the A.R.M. and showed him our permits and arranged for the hire of the canoe and prisoners for tomorrow. We then went out to the H.F.S. and unloaded our gear succeeding in getting it all on the canoe which we anchored off shore for tomorrow while we were unloading we met Mr Goodgear and Joe Bate who went ashore with wood. We all had lunch together and about four we took things from in Glamorous island and went on to try Paluan Flat which was anchored at the western end of the island at Mr Bates station. We found that our boys had not come