I learned from Marco the proper way to take care of the rain. It falls about three times a day on the average when one is in the bush collecting. Of course it falls anyway whether one is in the bush or not, but then-. Marco's way is to take a fragment of the long trailing vine and tie it around one of the bush ferns in such a way as to force all of its leaves together. A sort of beach parasol is formed. Although the result is by no means rain proof, it is a distinct improvement over the pure unadulterated rain. Sunday, October 23rd. Beautiful day all day. Hamlin and I spent the afternoon hanging around the mouth of one of the fast and cool mountain streams that boil into the ocean near the anchorage. After we got our clothes washed and ourselves washed, we lolled about talking to the natives. Most of them were dressed up for the Sabbath, and a good number of them were on their way home from church. I noticed that there is a translation of the life of Christ into the native tongue and that most of them have a copy. I actually noticed that a number of the natives who owned one of these books spent some little time in reading it or poring it over. It is hard to pass judgment on the results of the missionary movement in the Solomons. I am look- ing forward to further empirical experience in this matter. Most of the people (whites) that I have talked to are very hard on the missionaries and the consensus of opinion is violently opposed. But the type of whites