(88) all kinds of weather, some of them many miles. The Church itself will seat about 500 and he declares it is far too small now. Today he had them sit- ting in the aisles. He is most enthusiastic about my proposed ascent of Balthi and gave me all kinds of advice and information. He made a map showing how I could avoid the most dangerous sections-- Kumua and Kiviki. He will give me two boys who were brought up in the villages on the coast which we shall probably start from-- Hamou or Pukuito, the latter being recommended. The government said Hamo "If you go up in back of Hamou, they will kill you certainly," said the Reverend Father. All this transpired while I was wrapped in blankets. This kindly, be- whiskered, ghostly, confessor is also my nurse for the pre- sent, feeding me hot lime drinks and quinine. Next year he makes an extensive tour (by special demand-- understand, for he would much rather stay at Goga with his boys), lecturing on the Marist Mis- sion. He includes New York and I made him pro- mise he would visit the AMNH. The only part of the conversation that waxed ornithological was one statement of his that he, himself, had shot a pelican on a river in Banoue (Bougville). Can you beat it? April 10-- Woke up with a giddy head. After our ascetic breakfast of coffee, jam, and murty bread I shot a kingfisher and demonstrated the Beck method before Father Chaije and some of his trustees. With two guides, retainers or what have you I started back for Bei passing through two villages, quite close together-- one Catholic and the other Methodist. The grim com- petition between these two is keener than it is betwee