this form of exercise, I have ever had the good fortune to discover56 It is partially shaded by hibiscus plants and flowering tropical trees. Running both ways it is possible to look far across the bay to Guadalcanal where the mists hang about the high mountains. Re- turning there is a fine straight sprint across the lawns of the Golf Club, through the cut and up to the terrace of Elkington's Hotel. This with a shower bath, a rub down and a good cold supper is not a hard way to end up a day. We went over to Gavutu with Mr. Dix and the mails. The old crowd were loitering in the smoke room as usual. This time they looked more bored than ever. There was Mr. Freeman with his wife, the Lt. commander, the two pursers, the little gentleman from Norfolk Island, Mr. Peacock and an assembly of Lever Bros. men. They were desperately fed up with hanging over the side watching the niggers unload boxes from the hold. Hannibal and I had had our hair completely shaved off and this was the cause of considerable merriment. It broke the pall of ennui that had settled over the vessel and we were given a great hand. We came back to Tulagi early with Mr. Dix. Our friends the young ladies from Australia were assembled on the upper deck and as we turned the spotlight on them from the launch and signalled farewell they cheered lustily for our bald heads. N.B. The lime squash mixture of Harry's. Fresh lime juice, a dash of gin, a dash of lime syrup, sugar and ice. Sunday, September 11. (Tulagi). The locality of the 'France' has boiled down to the region of Cape Marsh. The 'Mataram' does not arrive in that region until next Wednesday or Thursday. As we have been told, news travels fast and mysteriously in these islands and it is probable that Beck will show up in Tulagi soon