than the distance from here to Arawa Plantation. He tra- velled until one o'clock, finding the trail on the oppo- site divide of the mountains flattening out and ascend- ing and descending four or five gentle ridges. He was more than rewarded for his journey, and failing to reach Kokere had a view which is as difficult to get as the Bougainville crested pigeon. Tomorrow we are sending carriers to Kieta for salt, tobacco, rice, and two flashlight batteries, a most extraordinary mission. January 16th. The carriers got off for Kino shortly before I started up the mountain with Ona, the son of the Kukerai. The day dawned rainy after an unusual night of high gusty winds. They commenced to beat against the walls of the house at midnight, pounding the sac sac and squeaking the supports from one side to the other, depositing bits of limbs on the roof. When we started out in the morning it looked as though it might be clearing. But half an hour after we left camp the rain began again and kept up with two half hour intermissions for the rest of the day. In the two half hour intermissions we bagged a thrush, a warbler, a long-tail dove, a long-tailed pig- eon, and a brace of white-eyes. The shooting was very dull for the rest of the day on account of the rain. To lighten the tedium of the poor shooting there were three passages of Kanakas along the trail. The first two groups were bound for the coast, while the third, encountered late in the day, were bound inland.