including the nigger serving boy. I shall never hope to forget the way Robinson orders around that boy and the deep grunt, like a hippopotamus, which he let out as a warning to him that he was about to give him an order. Most everyone got drunk again after Tony took his wife aboard the ship. Wilson, who is a fairly in- telligent man with an excellent opinion of himself, has a rather remarkable life. He travels about the islands collecting taxes. With him he takes a retinue of twenty-five niggers who carry his stuff. Monday, September 19. (Tulagi). All night long we travelled on the twenty foot cutter across the bight back to Tulagi. We got in at five in the morning and found the 'Biloela', the collier of the Australian fleet, in the harbor. It was very grand to get back to the heretofore unappreciated comforts of Elkington's Hotel. The kaikai on the plantation was not very good, the company was scarcely any better. The butter at Elkington's is cold butter and the menu has a change on it at least once a day. Still it was interesting to see the plantation and get some idea of that hopeless existence that the men on them lead. We have now more than enough insects to pack and send home and we spent the greater part of the morning getting them in shape for shipping. Hannibal is wonderful at this. He is the one who is really responsible for the collection. He suggested starting and it was he who had the energy to scramble up the boxes to pack them in. He packed them almost all himself and invented the means to preserve them. The news that Beck is in Gizo came over the wireless last night. We shall have to go there as best we can. Tate, who is expected to become mate on the 'Ranandie', is due to go there next