three frogs a stick of tobacco, a handful of rhinoceros beetles, or eight butterflies, or four preying mantis, or ten land snails, or one very extraordinary insect one stick of tobacco. A fathom of calico is considered the same as six sticks of tobacco, and a pair of a new species of fruit bat (flying fox) brings two sticks. Although trade goes on intermittently all of the day with natives going up and down the trail to the more distant villages, the market hour in its most intense and color- ful period comes in the morning. January 7th. All of us remained in camp skinning the birds shot yesterday. The waning of the moon, at present full, will undoubtedly bring more rain, and what with the various maladies assaulting our personnel it does not look as though we could be as fortunate in the coming week as last. The camp is becoming more efficient and more organ- ized. In consideration of the vast evil influence that the two lazy cook-boys wielded over the two unadulterated cook-boys, the former were sent home. Since they have gone a great change has taken place. Bakki and Kokeri, the two who remain, have the fire going in the cook- house before sunrise. Coffee is made at six, and break- fast follows at half past the same hour. Our diet for breakfast is made up of rice and scones. The rice is an excellent dish with condensed milk and water, and the scones made freshly with the self raising flour are immortal.