Feb 27- Arrived Numa Numa, 60 miles up the coast from Kieta at 8 A.M., after a fitful night at an angle of 95° on a sand bank which the A.V. Marquise got on and gradually off - very, during the night. The Doctor went on for a holiday in Rabaul. J.R., holding down the residence at Numa. Mr Thompson, the manager of the plantation very kind and hospitable. Numa is the largest in the T.N.G., comprising 4000 acres and carrying a labor line of 260. The equipment includes about 5 miles of narrow-gauge railway, dry-kilns for curing copra, an ice-machine and a good-sized schooner. Wonderful food, all fresh and sleep in a real bed. I talked to Pai peko'i, tulul of Kiviri village on the salt-water & arranged for carriers. Feb 28- We got started after lunch. Pappekoi and I walked 2 miles along the beach. The gear went over by cause. We passed through a place called Tavis and arrived at Esparavia where we made camp before dark. The villages in this district are quite small - 5 or 6 houses, built with semi-circular roofs of sac-sac, the walls being made of plait- ed bamboo in a diagonal pattern. This is the cleanest place I have seen on Bougainville. The ground is well-drained by ditches dug around the